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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

TJ surgery isn't nearly as bad as a shoulder surgery. Chris Carpenter, Francisco Liriano, David Wells, Jimmy Key, John Smoltz, Tim Hudson, Edison Volquez, AJ Burnett, Ryan Dempster, Octavio Dotel, Josh Johnson, Kenny Rogers, Joakim Soria, Rafael Soriano, Billy Wagner, Jake Westbrook, CJ Wilson and Brian Wilson were all just as or more sucessful after having TJ surgery. The issue is it takes a long time to recover and usually isn't till 2 years after the surgery that they return to normal.

I agree, in the long run, he'll be glad he had it done early in his career.