This is the final post of a six-part series on ulnar collateral ligament injuries and the corrective procedure known as Tommy John surgery.
Despite growing awareness of the causes of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries and the new approaches many major league teams are taking preventing them, the number of reconstruction surgeries remains significant. That raises important questions about how successful the surgery is, how quickly the pitchers who undergo the procedure return and how well can they pitch.
Getting Back to the Big Leagues
The vast majority of big league pitchers who have Tommy John surgery return to the pitching mound.