Félix Bautista could prove to need elbow surgery, but the Orioles aren’t ruling out the All-Star closer returning in 2023, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said Monday. Bautista has a partial tear in his ulnar collateral ligament, an injury that sometimes results in Tommy John elbow reconstruction. But given the timing of the right-hander’s injury and the length of the procedure’s recovery, Elias said the Orioles are taking a “conservative approach” by attempting to have Bautista return rather than “diving into an operative procedure.” “I think the fact that we’re keeping him throwing right now speaks to the fact that this is not over for 2023, and it’s just going to depend on how he feels as we keep this going,” Elias said before the Orioles’ series opener against the St.