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Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg’s aching elbow is not a season-ending injury, team says

Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg exits the game Wednesday in the third inning because of pain in the back of his right elbow.
(Alex Brandon / Associated Press)
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Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, who left his start Wednesday in the third inning because of discomfort in the back of his right elbow, has a strained flexor mass and there is no timetable for his return.

Paul Lessard, Washington’s director of athletic training, says the injury is not season ending and the ligament Strasburg had repaired with Tommy John surgery in 2011 is unaffected.

Strasburg left his start Wednesday after feeling a pinch in the back of his throwing elbow.

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Strasburg began the season 13-0 but went on the disabled list with an elbow problem last month. The 28-year-old’s start Wednesday was his first since coming off the DL. Lessard says the new injury is unrelated to the one that landed Strasburg on the DL.

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