Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale had Tommy John surgery on Monday…. going all the way to Los Angeles to get the procedure done.
Chris Sale Undergoes Tommy John Surgery https://t.co/Y2ZdsokdCy pic.twitter.com/hjrfxduVrN
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) March 30, 2020
The recovery time is 12-16 months so we should see Sale on a mound sometime in mid-2021. What’s interesting is that Sale went all the way to Los Angeles to get the surgery done, which required him and at least a pilot to travel in a plane, and to travel to a state heavily affected by the Coronavirus.
And how about the doctor who was used in the surgery at a time of crisis and the bed that was given to Sale instead of someone else.
It goes to this point:
I talked to medical ethicists about what it means to get Tommy John right now https://t.co/zjKFMH48Z0
— Emma Baccellieri (@emmabaccellieri) March 30, 2020
We’ll be discussing on ‘The Huddle’ on Tuesday from 3-6 PM.



