In August of last year, he had season-ending surgery to remove bone chips in his elbow.
During his start Saturday, Pelfrey said he felt some soreness in his elbow but downplayed the severity of it.
He underwent knee surgery in 2008, then elbow surgery in 2009, all leading up to the 2010 shoulder operation.
He too was a high first-round pick, in 1996, but an abnormality in his elbow raised red flags, and the Texas Rangers rescinded their offer.
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When Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz tore the medial collateral ligament in his elbow, a potentially career-ending injury, there was only one guy to see.
She was a southpaw for whupping, and she had arthritis in that elbow, so while she could still whup, it didn't make much of an impression.
They recognize that any pitch Santana throws could be the one that pops a ligament in his elbow or shreds the delicate tissue holding together his surgically repaired left shoulder.
After Mitchell Johnson was well caught low in the gully by his former house-mate Brendan Nash, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting walked out at number nine, clearly still troubled by a tendon injury in his elbow.
Play had to be stopped for almost 10 minutes before the New Zealander was led off and treated for concussion after being caught in the face by Oliver Wilkes' elbow in a tackle.
He was already booked in for surgery on his right shoulder before he dislocated his left elbow in England's 36-10 win.
Ponting will be fit for the second Test, in Sydney, despite suffering more pain than expected from his injured elbow in Melbourne.
Darlington appealed for a second penalty in the third minute of extra-time when Richard Ravenhill's strike hit Gary Jones' elbow in the box, but this time Beeby waved away their claims.
In 2002, Andy Pettitte was rehabbing from an elbow injury in Tampa.
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Jones, 31, damaged an elbow in the Ospreys' 24-12 Heineken Cup defeat by London Irish on Sunday.
Pelfrey was waiting on a final diagnosis after an MRI earlier Tuesday revealed swelling in his right elbow.
Gardner injured his elbow in April 17 making a diving catch in a game against the Minnesota Twins.
However, the tendonitis in his left elbow recently became so bothersome that he was given a cortisone shot.
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Before the game, the Cardinals said Furcal will undergo ligament replacement surgery in his right elbow and expects to miss the year.
Watson caught Bulls guard Nate Robinson with an elbow in the second quarter, igniting a shoving match that resulted in double technical fouls.
The NBA's Sixth Man of the Year was suspended for Sunday's game after hitting Terry with his elbow in New York's 90-76 win on Friday night.
He underwent corrective surgery on his left elbow in May 2005, but jarred the joint while attempting to take a catch during the third Test against Sri Lanka in August.
Bougherra was then lucky not to be caught for an elbow in Abd Rabou's face right at the end of a half that promised fireworks - and duly delivered.
Cleveland also said right-hander Frank Hermann sprained a ligament in his pitching elbow on Monday against Oakland and outfielder Michael Brantley could return to limited baseball activities next week.
But unfortunately he only pitched in 12 major league games this summer before his season, and possibly his career, ended with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow.
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Bryant, who injured his right elbow in a loss at Oklahoma City on Tuesday night but played through it to score 30 against the Thunder, scored 25 points in the second half, 18 in the final quarter as the Lakers (31-31) pulled back to .500 and remained within three games of the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Albion, though, were fortunate not to be reduced to ten men earlier in the match as Gonzalo Jara appeared to elbow Gavin Rae in the final minute of the first-half but official Taylor only punished the Chilean midfielder with a caution.
Holt's contribution - his seventh goal in 14 league games this season - could have ended soon after when he appeared to elbow Fellaini in the jaw.
The screen is divided between their two cells: in one, Hoffman stands, relaxed, and leaning on his elbow, while in the other Phoenix whacks his skull on the bunk and stomps a toilet into bone-white shards.
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