Duffy, 23, and Tolbert, 22, both finished 2024 with Single-A Salem. Red Sox minor league injury news: Pitcher Matt Duffy has a full tear of his UCL and will undergo Tommy John surgery on March 5th.

Matt Duffy and Cole Tolbert, a pair of recent Boston Red Sox draft picks who finished 2024 in Single-A, are set to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the entire 2025 season.

As was first reported by Andrew Parker of Beyond the Monster, right-handers Matt Duffy and Cole Tolbert have been diagnosed with UCL (ulnar collateral ligament) tears in their pitching elbows.