ESPN Search

Adam Rubin Jon Niese will marry Leah Eckman on Saturday. Jonathon Niese, who had indicated he would undergo a heart procedure this offseason, now is able to avoid the surgery. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic told Niese the procedure will not...

Frank Francisco #48 RP New York Mets 2012 STATS GM48 W1 L3 BB21 K47 ERA5.53 Closer Frank Francisco underwent surgery Tuesday in New York to remove a bone spur from his right elbow. Team doctor David Altchek performed the procedure. He sh...

R.A. Dickey is out of surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle, a Mets official confirmed. The knuckleballer underwent the procedure in Philadelphia. The procedure was performed by Dr. William Meyers at Jefferson Surgery Center. "I'm back from...

ATLANTA -- With Jon Niese's season now complete, the left-hander plans to proceed with a procedure early this offseason to permanently correct the rapid heartbeat that again arose during the first half. Jonathon Niese#49 SP New York Mets 2012 STA...

A day after he experienced a rapid heartbeat while on the mound, Jon Niese said he expected to undergo a minor surgical procedure known as ablation to address the issue during the All-Star break. Niese said the recovery period would be about three...

Jon Niese left an examination with doctors Monday satisfied he had no significant heart issue, but the Mets lefty expects to undergo a minor surgical procedure to correct a heartbeat that occasionally becomes irregular.

Mets right-hander Mike Pelfrey will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery on Tuesday in Gulf Breeze, Fla., assistant GM John Ricco said.

The Hospital for Special Surgery shares this exclusive behind-the-scenes video with footage from Johan Santana's anterior capsule surgery on Sept. 14, 2010, as their doctors narrate the procedure....

David Altchek, the doctor who performed Johan Santana's surgery, discusses the procedure and history of anterior capsule surgery exclusively with ESPNNewYork.com. Read the full story here....

Adam Rubin The new-look Jon Niese (left), after rhinoplasty procedure. Before picture on the right. Before being traded last July, Carlos Beltran offered to pay for a nose job for Jon Niese. Now a St. Louis Cardinal, Beltran has finally footed ...

The April 5 opener between the Mets and Braves will not include Chipper Jones. The Braves announced that Jones will undergo surgery on Monday to repair torn meniscus cartilage in his left knee -- the identical procedure Tim Byrdak underwent with t...

Brad Barr/US Presswire Johan Santana threw his first rehab game Thursday night for Class A St. Lucie. It came less than 11 months after surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule. It was the same procedure Chien-Ming Wang also underwent. David Wrigh...

Brad Barr/US Presswire Jenrry Mejia is due to undergo Tommy John surgery after an examination by Dr. James Andrews concurred with the team doctors' diagnosis that the procedure was required. The debate about whether Jenrry Mejia ought to be a start...

Ronny Paulino, who was shut down before the weekend with blood irregularities from his physical, is undergoing diagnostic tests on Monday and is still idle, GM Sandy Alderson said. "He's having a procedure today and we'll know a little bit more th...

Chris Young will have a chance to demonstrate he is all the way back from a shoulder procedure that limited him to four major league starts last season begining with Sunday's Grapefruit League start against the Braves, but catcher Dusty Ryan already ...

Johan Santana's surgery went fine by all accounts, but it is worth noting this: Because of the location of the issue in the front of Santana's shoulder, team doctor David Altchek was unable to use arthroscopic procedures and instead had to make a ful...