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Originally Posted by HitterD

This is the worst possible injury for a pitcher. Very low recovery rate. Most players never reach the same pitching level as before the injury. Many don't even make it back to the majors.

Anyone remember Mike Sirotka?

Here are a couple of articles about the injury taken from the thread on Bluejayway.ca

http://www.slate.com/id/2100895/

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=807

Yikes, that's scary stuff.