Forrest Whitley, the Houston Astros’ top pitching prospect, has been recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery, per Mark Berman. Whitley is getting a second opinion, which is pretty standard, and it could be that he opts to go the rest and rehab route rather than the surgical route, though that will remain to be seen.
This is just the latest blow for the beleaguered 23 year old righthander, who was a consensus top 10 prospect in baseball heading into both 2018 and 2019, and who has been ranked the #1 prospect in the Astros system by Baseball America ever year since 2018, but who has faced a number of setbacks since.