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Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said that Stephen Strasburg is likely to need Tommy John surgery to repair a significant UCL tear in his pitching elbow.
What a shame. The initial MRI on Strasburg's arm didn't show any major damage, but an MRI arthrogram revealed the tear. He's expected to miss 12-18 months, so this will almost certainly wipe out the phenom's 2011 season, though the Nationals will seek a second opinion before going the Tommy John route. Strasburg's rookie season ends with a 5-3 record, 2.91 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 92/17 K/BB ratio over 68 innings.

That sucks...

Man, you just hate to see shit like that happen to a young player.

Huge blow to a team that is finally going in the right direction.

Tommy john is usually such a successful surgery that it's probably for the best he knocks it out now. Come 2012 the nats will likely have him, jordan zimmermann and bryce harper. They'll be alright.

It's always hard to say what impact TJ will have, some guys bounce right back, some guys never do, and some guys take a couple of years. Joe Posnanski's article about guys with hall of fame stuff was really interesting, and if you read the Digital Prospect Guide you know that Adam Foster and his team predicted injury trouble for Stras. That's something you hate to be right about.

Athletics wrote:It's always hard to say what impact TJ will have, some guys bounce right back, some guys never do, and some guys take a couple of years. Joe Posnanski's article about guys with hall of fame stuff was really interesting, and if you read the Digital Prospect Guide you know that Adam Foster and his team predicted injury trouble for Stras. That's something you hate to be right about.

unless ur an asshole

I bet he comes back throwing harder.

Not really surprising. I only watched him pitch once and the one thing I thought of was Mark Prior's 'perfect' mechanics and Rich talking about the W arms.