The first time Seth Romero threw a baseball again, months after he had undergone Tommy John surgery in August of 2018, it did not go well.
“I’m pretty positive that all my first five throws went straight into the ground,” Romero, 24, told reporters.
His first thought after spiking those initial post-Tommy John throws?
“Yips,” he said. “Thought I had the yips already.”
Two years removed from surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, Romero made his MLB debut on Thursday afternoon in Flushing, Queens, NY’s Citi Field, where the Washington Nationals, who drafted the pitcher out of the University of Houston in the first round of the 2017 Draft, 25th overall, dropped the series finale with their NL East rivals.