Four-time All-Star lefty Cliff Lee was placed on the 60-day disabled list by the Phillies to attempt to rehabilitate an elbow injury without surgery. The team announced Monday that an operation was recommended.
Lee has a torn common flexor tendon and was told last week to stop throwing. It's the third time he tries to recover from the injury non-surgically.
"We tried twice and it didn't work, so it's fairly likely that it will remain the same," Lee said. "As we get closer to the threshold of being able to have the surgery or not to make it for next year, as we get closer to that I'll have a decision to make and obviously we'll know a lot more at that point."