For Cardinals reliever and U.S. Navy Reserve officer Mitch Harris, the threat of Tommy John surgery had little to do with its arduous rehab or even the months and months of recovery.
It was the likelihood he wouldn’t have reason to do either.
“If I would have had Tommy John, I probably would not be standing here,” Harris said this past week at the team’s 21st annual Winter Warm-Up. “My whole thing is I’m going to play as long as I can play. I think that was the tough part to hear at first: ‘Hey, this could be it.