Zach Britton Suffers Ruptured Achilles

[Phil The Thrill]

 
10:16am: Britton will undergo surgery tomorrow, per Dan Connolly of BaltimoreBaseball.com (via Twitter).
 
9:37am: In a stroke of terrible luck for lefty Zach Britton and the Orioles, the closer has suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon during offseason workouts, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (links to Twitter). Britton is expected to be sidelined for at least four to six months — a more precise expectation will only be known after surgery — so it seems the best-case scenario will be a return over the summer.

 
Per MLBTR

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Devastating. Certainly looks even worse that they didnt deal him at the deadline now

 

[catman]

This will diminish his trade value somewhat.

 

[Mexi]

He wad gonna be our set up man oh well

 

[Phil The Thrill]

of course he was