February 16, 2017

Reyes Needs Surgery

Following up on yesterday’s post, Alex Reyes does indeed need Tommy John surgery:

If you want reason for optimism, though, it’s important to realize that most pitchers return after undergoing ulnar collateral reconstruction surgery.

“The way (Tommy John) surgery is now … they just do such a great job with the recovery and the training stuff,” said veteran righthander Adam Wainwright, who went through the same procedure in 2011 and returned to lead the staff. “They know the recovery so well.

“It seems like it’s getting better and better. I didn’t know if that was possible, but it is. The odds of him coming back very, very strong are great.”

Forty years of practice and improvement now pretty much mean it’s one season missed.

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