Oakland A's pitcher Jarrod Parker likely avoids third Tommy John surgery, will have elbow surgery Tuesday

The Oakland Athletics announced that on Tuesday, May 19, Dr. James Andrews will perform right elbow surgery on A's right-handed pitcher Jarrod Parker to repair a medial epicondylar fracture. The good news Parker announced on his twitter account is that it appears the injury he suffered on May 8 did not affect the graft from his second Tommy John surgery:

Got the best of the bad news... Just a break that'll be fixed tomorrow! #11Believes

— Jarrod Parker (@JarrodBParker) May 18, 2015

The development means the A's do not expect Parker to require a third Tommy John surgery, tweets the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser. There's a decent chance he could recover from it and return late this season.