There is significant concern inside the Cardinals' organization that Alex Reyes, their star pitching prospect, needs Tommy John surgery.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 14, 2017
Here we go...
Spring Training hasn't even fully started yet and we have already been dealt our first major injury of the season. This one hurts more than most since it is a 22-year-old kid (likely) undergoing Tommy John surgery before he had the chance to really break out. (He was also set to be a big time sleeper in fantasy drafts this spring). Reyes missed the first 50 games of last season due to a ridiculously long suspension for marijuana usage. He came back and dominated the minors before getting called up to the bigs in August. In 46 innings split between starting and relieving Reyes struck out 52 while posting a 1.57 ERA.
This is terrible news to start Spring Training if you're a Cardinals fan. Reyes is a huge part of their future, as he was just ranked as the best pitching prospect in the game by Baseball America (and fourth best prospect overall). He was also going to be a big part of their present since he was set to open the season in the big league rotation. That being said the Cardinals are one of the few teams well equipped to overcome this. Back in 2011 they lost their ace Adam Wainwright to Tommy John in the spring and still went on to win the World Series. While the '17 team likely isn't as good, St. Louis are the Spurs of baseball for a reason. They have too much depth and you can never count them out.
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