Chris Capuano is attempting a comeback from a second Tommy John surgery. Much has been written about the horrible track record of pitchers having that surgery twice, casting a pall on Cappy's chances at a successful comeback. Here is the list of pitchers who have had two (or more) Tommy John surgeries:
Dave Eiland
Chad Fox (3)
Shawn Hill
Hong-Chih Kuo
Mike Lincoln
Scott Mathieson
Jose Rijo
Matt Riley
Denny Stark
Tyler Yates
Victor Zambrano
Jeff Zimmerman
The first thing I notice is that most of these pitchers weren't that good in the first place. In fact, no other pitcher on the list has ever won as many games in a season as Capuano did (18). He's one of only two (Jose Rijo) to have multiple 10-win seasons.
I'm not saying that Chris Capuano is going to win any Cy Young awards. I'm just pointing out that in his case, because of his past success and because of his relatively young age at which he's making a second comeback, this is somewhat uncharted water.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
TOMMY JOHN, TOMMY JOHN
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