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Machado has been bothered by tennis elbow and limited to playing designated hitter this month.

He’s been limited to DH duty since Sept. 1 due to right tennis elbow that he says will require surgery after the Padres’ season ends.

Which means, among other things, the annual uptick in tennis elbow.

“My body was getting pretty worn out, and I was getting really injured, I was getting tennis elbow, my ankles weren’t holding up,” Bergeron said.

Lifters with poor technique can suffer shoulder, neck, lower-back and quad injuries, and even tennis elbow.