MIAMI -- Washington Nationals rookie ace Stephen Strasburg will have Tommy John surgery on Friday to rebuild his injured right elbow, an operation that is expected to sideline him for 12 to 18 months.
There is a fine line between getting your stud franchise pitcher some solid experience and blowing his elbow out and shelving an entire season.
People that criticized the Yankees for babying Joba Chamberlain are thinking twice about whether Joe Girardi was right - or was he?
It seems as if the Yankees retarded the development of Joba but at least they can use him. Strasburg is out for at least a year now so we should see him back in 2012. History says he will bounce back stronger than ever and it will probably come around a time where the Nationals latest number 1 pick Bryce Harper starts getting on the field.
For now at least, Nationals fans need to deal with the fact that Strasburg won't be on the mound for them. The real question now is - will the bandwagon empty?
