Given his injury history, with Tommy John surgery early in his career, and issues with carpal tunnel neuritis and then thoracic outlet syndrome costing him the majority of his last three seasons, the Washington Nationals are taking a cautious approach with 33-year-old, 13-year veteran, Stephen Strasburg, who made one start back in the majors after TOS surgery back in 2021, and landed back on the Injured List with a stress reaction in his ribs last month.
“We want to know what’s going on,” manager Davey Martinez explained last week when he was asked for an update on Strasburg, “and like I’ve said, he’s going to have to go through some time where he needs to heal before we’re going to get him back on the mound.