Now that the dust has settled on Alex Rodriguez’ departure from the Yankees, we saw Aaron Judge’s electric debut, and marveled over Gary Sanchez doing his best Johnny Bench impression, it’s time to revisit a story that kind of got swept under the rug.
When Nathan Eovaldi went on the disabled list earlier this month with elbow soreness, the same injury that ended his 2015 season in early September, you knew it was bad news. A few days after being placed on the DL it was announced that Eovaldi would need Tommy John Surgery (the second of his career) and a second surgery to fix his flexor tendon, which tore off the bone (sorry for the graphic image).