Happy Matt Moore Day!
It has been 15 months since Matt Moore has taken the mound for the Tampa Bay Rays but the end is near as he will make his first start since Tommy John surgery when he takes the mound on Thursday.
It is easy to get overly-excited about the return of one of the best pitchers in baseball. But at the same time, it is probably best to temper the expectations a bit. While it takes a little more than a year to be healthy enough to pitch again, most feel it takes another year to really get back to where a pitcher was before the surgery in terms of stuff, control, and command.