Submitted by TotalAccess on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 10:55
Adam Wainwright is the next victim for Tommy John surgery. With this said, pitchers are the likely victim of this surgery.
Not to mention, great pitchers seem to be the victims, like Kerry Wood, Stephen Strasburg and Chris Carpenter.
This UCL injury will not stop with Wainwright. There will be many pitchers to come that suffer from this torn ligament and there will be many pitchers that face other injuries as well.
The body was just not built to throw the ball 90-plus miles per hour over a long time period.
Although this list is complete speculation, here are some pitchers that may face major surgery in their futures.