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Orioles’ Bautista has surgery to repair torn rotator cuff, labrum

Orioles closer Félix Bautista had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn rotator cuff and torn labrum.

The surgery in Los Angeles was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. The Orioles say the surgery was successful, and he’s expected to miss a calendar year.

Bautista had Tommy John surgery in October 2023.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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