The 12th Annual Tommy John Surgery Contest

[Lose Remerswaal]

No one else has started this and with 2 weeks to go until Opening Day I figured I might as well.

Cutting and pasting the rules from last year:

OK, here are the rules, as per usual:

-You can't pick someone that's already been picked.

-The player has to be on a MLB active roster during the regular season (if they're in the minors it doesn't count.)
-Put your choice in bold.

I'll hold off making my choice for a bit

Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat won last year with his pick of Michael Pineda

 

[YTF]

Drew Pomeranz

 

[glennhoffmania]

Masahiro Tanaka

 

[luckysox]

Clayton Kershaw

 

[Murderer's Crow]

Shohei Ohtani

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Jake Arrieta

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat won last year with his pick of Michael Pineda

The lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni is really coming in handy

Luis Severino

 

[DanoooME]

Mike Clevinger

 

[mwonow]

Damn, I wanted Tanaka.

Sonny Gray

 

[Dr. Winston O'Boogie]

CC Sabathia

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Dellin Betances

 

[RIrooter09]

Jordan Montgomery

 

[RoyHobbs]

Matt Harvey

 

[Kliq]

Chris Archer

 

[TheYaz67]

Joe Musgrove

 

[AMS25]

Jon Gray

 

[Wingack]

The lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni is really coming in handy

Luis Severino

This is who I was going to say, unfortunately.

But I will go with the other guy that throws too hard: Noah Syndegaard.

 

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

David Price

 

[pedro1918]

I'll take Stephen Strasburg.

 

[jon abbey]

Never done this before, but I will go Chris Sale.

 

[Bowlerman9]

Jacob deGrom

 

[Pozo the Clown]

Corey Kluber

 

[Ale Xander]

Aaron Sanchez

 

[kelpapa]

Tyler Anderson

 

[Soxfan in Fla]

Aroldis Chapman

 

[johnnywayback]

Felipe Rivero

 

[Yelling At Clouds]

Trevor Bauer

 

[BobVealeFan]

Carlos Martínez

 

[Oppo]

Robbie Ray

 

[Doug Beerabelli]

Steven Matz

 

[LogansDad]

Zack Greinke

Edit: on mobile will bold later because Im old and dumb and don't know how

 

[Rudi Fingers]

Tyler Glasnow

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

Tim Lincecum

 

[joe dokes]

Gerrit Cole

 

[Sad Sam Jones]

Danny Duffy

*

 

[flymrfreakjar]

Garrett Richards

 

[Margo McCready]

Vince Velasquez

 

[HowBoutDemSox]

Yu Darvish

 

[DanoooME]

Two potential candidates eliminated. Rafael Montero of the Mets and David Phelps of the Mariners

 

[montoursvillefan]

Felix Hernandez

 

[bosox0192]

Johnny Cueto

 

[KiltedFool]

Danny Salazar

 

[Lars The Wanderer]

Jeff Samardzija

 

[Greg Blosser]

Justin Verlander

 

[Brand Name]

Brandon Morrow

 

[Buzzkill Pauley]

Jake Odorizzi

 

[bosockboy]

Michael Wacha

 

[TheYaz67]

Jeez, I think I want a do over on my pick - any TB pitchers left to select?

ST. PETERSBURG -- Nathan Eovaldi has loose bodies in his right elbow, and his status as the starter for the fourth game of the season is in question.

Eovaldi, who is returning from his second Tommy John surgery, had a superlative spring, hitting 98 mph in the sixth inning of his last outing. It is not yet known whether the injury will require surgery.

Already this spring the Rays have had two pitchers, Brent Honeywell and Jose De Leon, undergo Tommy John surgery.

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

Marcus Stroman

 

[TheYaz67]

I might have to start picking catchers going forward - have been a few in recent years....

MIAMI — Travis d’Arnaud can catch just about everything, except a break when it comes to his health.

The Mets catcher was diagnosed with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament Wednesday, according to the team, and may need Tommy John surgery. The 29-year-old d’Arnaud was placed on the disabled list and Tomas Nido was recalled from Double-A Binghamton to replace him.