Tommy John surgery is becoming an increasingly common procedure in baseball these days and isn’t considered to be the potential career-ender that it once was. Still, replacing an elbow ligament typically requires at least a year, and often longer, of recovery and rehabilitation before a pitcher is ready to return to the mound. So it is particularly disappointing when some of the game’s young stars are stricken by a blown elbow, like this past week when it was announced that both Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Michael Kopech of the White Sox have been recommended for UCL surgery.
In an era of increasing velocity, the Milwaukee Brewers have gone their own way in building a starting rotation
