Brandon Morrow missed the second half of the 2018 season with various elbow issues. And now we know those issues were a bit more serious than anyone had thought:
Morrow had a scope on his elbow on Nov 6 and he's feeling good post-op. Feb 6 is target date for him to start throwing, unlikely he's ready to start season.
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) December 6, 2018
If Morrow isn’t going to be throwing until February 6, that’s only 17 days before the first spring-training game and so likely only a few days before the pitcher/catcher report date next year.