Under The Knife 4/18/22

History is not Destiny

It’s been a busy weekend in baseball, so let’s get right to it:

CASEY MIZE, SP DET (sprained elbow)

No, a small sprain does not mean Tommy John surgery is inevitable. Nor does a non-injured UCL mean that a pitcher is in the clear. Diagnoses are very specific, both to the body part and to the context of the player, so broad generalities or talk of “surgery…