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Joe Thatcher News: The surgery that Thatcher will have on his knee is a patellar tendon debridement, and it will leave him in a leg brace afterward for at least a month, the Padres' official site reports.

The surgery that Thatcher will have on his knee is a patellar tendon debridement, and it will leave him in a leg brace afterward for at least a month, the Padres' official site reports.

Thatcher's availability for the start of spring training might be in question. Thatcher finished the season with a 3.41 ERA, 1.389 WHIP and a 39:14 K:BB in 31.2 innings as the Padres' top lefty specialist.

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