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Tommy John Surgery: Stephen Strasburg

After watching the Little League World Series this summer, the careful monitoring of the youngsters pitching is more than admirable. Even though Stephen Strasburg hasn’t been abused, the expectations for him are just so much. A majority of the pitchers who have this surgery overcome it, ten of the pitchers in the All Star came this year had been under the knife for this same reason. The question is, even with Tommy John Surgery, will Stephen Strasburg be ready to pitch again?

In the meantime, the guys pitching behind him for the Nationals have to understand the problems with being pushed too hard. Analysts indicate that watching Strasburg when he first entered the leagues, pitching coaches alerted Strasberg and others that he was susceptible to problems simply due to his delivery. However, his delivery has been extremely successful and this surgery shouldn’t slow him down. Strasberg is getting a second opinion prior to having the Tommy John Surgery but almost everyone agrees that’s where he is headed.

The major leagues has 43 active pitchers that have gone through this same surgery and are still pitching. Red Sox trainer Mike Reinold indicated that the success rate for this surgery was upward of 85 to 92 percent for elite pitchers. Strasburg is looking at approximately 12 months of recovery time from start to finish, so expecting to see him in April may just be asking a little bit too much. Strasburg is definitely an elite pitcher and its difficult to find players of his talent who have had Tommy John Surgery to gauge his possible recovery time by is not that easy either.

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