June 13, 20196 yr Can't post the link because it is a pay site but the headline got my attention: Two years after Tommy John, Zack Burdi isn’t back to normal…yet Story talks with him about his issues and how he is trying to overcome them. Kid was a very, very high draft pick and shows that TJ surgery is not a 100% guaranteed success.
June 13, 20196 yr 8 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: Can't post the link because it is a pay site but the headline got my attention: Two years after Tommy John, Zack Burdi isn’t back to normal…yet Story talks with him about his issues and how he is trying to overcome them. Kid was a very, very high draft pick and shows that TJ surgery is not a 100% guaranteed success. We have about an 85% success rate in returning pitchers to their prior level of performance at the MLB level. I also wouldn't conclude that he is one of the pitchers that shows it's not 100%. He hasn't really even worked back into his rigorous long toss program fully. Edited June 13, 20196 yr by ptatc
June 13, 20196 yr Yeah its just not a "oh he is gonna miss a year". Some guys never get back but I guess 85% success is better than the 100% failure of the pre surgery days.
June 13, 20196 yr The Athletic is well worth the subscription, especially if you catch it during one of its frequent sales. A snippet. Quote Part of Burdi is just happy to be back at an affiliate, part of a real team and not rehabbing on a backfield in Arizona, which “is a grind, man.” He feels physically good, and his velocity has ticked up from 93-95 mph last October to reportedly as high 95-99 mph at the start of the season. But his performance has yet to earn him the return to Charlotte that was originally planned this year.
June 13, 20196 yr Let's hope Kopech's recovery goes much better. We won't see him until 2021 if he is on the Burdi plan.
June 13, 20196 yr 20 minutes ago, OneDog847 said: Let's hope Kopech's recovery goes much better. We won't see him until 2021 if he is on the Burdi plan. No doubt. It may be 2 years or not at all but the odds are in his favor.
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