On March 26, it was announced that eighteen year old lefty Brady Aiken, of the IMG Academy in Bradenton Florida, had undergone Tommy John surgery. In a self-penned article for Derek Jeter’s “The Players’ Tribune” website, Aiken wrote:
“I had Tommy John surgery to fix my left arm. I’m obviously extremely disappointed. I wanted to let my pitching speak for itself, but now there are going to be new distractions. For that reason, I wanted to be the one to tell people what’s happened and make this a fresh start.”
Few Astros fans will still feel too aggrieved at the events of June 2014 with the team now sitting rather pretty at the top of the American League standings and the pitching staff playing a huge role in the so-far-so-incredible turnaround from last season.