Pitcher gets second chance at Arkansas after year away for Tommy John

FAYETTEVILLE — The two worst injuries that can befall a pitcher are to the throwing elbow or shoulder.

Either injury can set back a pitcher for months, if not years, and sometimes the injuries are severe enough to end careers.

Arkansas redshirt sophomore Hunter Milligan is familiar with both injuries. The left hander has had surgeries to correct both since the fall of 2017 and has only pitched in three college games.

Milligan is back with the Razorbacks this fall after staying in his hometown of Greenbrier to rehab from the second surgery, Tommy John, the past year. It’s safe to say it has been a much different path than envisioned for Milligan, who at the time he committed to Arkansas as a…