Orioles pitcher Tyler Wells undergoes elbow surgery with potential for quicker recovery than Tommy John

Tyler Wells’ career with the Orioles began, in part, because he underwent surgery to repair a torn elbow ligament. About five years after that first procedure, Wells has now received a second.

Wells went under the knife Monday to have his ulnar collateral ligament repaired a few weeks after the club announced he would be out for the remainder of the season. But, unlike his first procedure that came before Baltimore selected him in the Rule 5 draft, Wells did not undergo Tommy John elbow reconstruction...