Sure, the 26-year-old right-hander is one of the 65.5 percent of pitchers who were able to return to professional baseball after having a second Tommy John surgery. But a small number of those pitchers were able to shoulder the workload they did previously. Chatwood is also one of those.
After missing most of 2014 and all of 2015, Chatwood returned to Colorado's rotation and threw a career-high 158 innings. What's more, the five-year big leaguer was as effective as he's ever been, posting a 3.87 ERA (126 ERA+) and 3.6 rWAR in 27 starts. Chatwood pitched around injuries, but none were related to the torn ulnar collateral ligament he had replaced in May of 2014.