Last night the news broke that Cincinnati Reds top prospect Hunter Greene would undergo Tommy John surgery. Depending on where you happen to fall on the wide spectrum of reactionaries on the subject, you were very surprised or not at all, or somewhere in between.
There’s been a interesting timeline that has led up to last night. Let’s start from the beginning. The Reds selected Hunter Greene in 2017 with the #2 overall pick in the draft. He began his career with the Billings Mustangs and was hitting, not pitching. The plan was to have him pitch, but after not pitching much his senior year in high school the team wanted to ease him back to the mound.