New York Mets relief pitcher Dellin Betances. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Mets RP Dellin Betances having season-ending shoulder surgery

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jun 30, 2021 7:07 PM ET

In a unique turn of events for the current campaign, the New York Mets offered a negative injury update that failed to surprise or alarm the club's fans.

Mets manager Luis Rojas told reporters ahead of Wednesday's game at the Atlanta Braves that right-handed relief pitcher Dellin Betances will undergo season-ending surgery Thursday to repair a lingering shoulder problem:

Luis Rojas says Dellin Betances will undergo shoulder surgery and will not pitch in the 2021 season. pic.twitter.com/CClakdJwCs
— SNY (@SNYtv) June 30, 2021

Betances made a single relief appearance in April and then went on the injured list with right shoulder impingement and hasn't pitched in the big leagues since. According to The Associated Press (h/t ESPN), the 33-year-old accumulated a 19.24 ERA in his minor-league rehabilitation assignments before he suffered new soreness in the shoulder.

Betances earned four All-Star nods while with the New York Yankees but has been a shell of his former self since joining the Mets in December 2019. He pitched in 15 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and went 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA.

Considering Betances is out of contract after the season, it's likely he's thrown his last pitch as a member of the Mets.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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