Marlins shelve ace Fernandez, who could miss rest of season

sun sentinel ^ | 5-12-14 | n/a

[FlJoePa]

Playing above .500 near the 40-game mark, and sporting two of baseball's brightest young stars, the Miami Marlins certainly appeared headed to greener pastures, perhaps even a dream season in the cards.

It appears the season is a nightmare now.

FOX Sports MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal has confirmed earlier reports, that all signs point to ace Jose Fernandez needing those three dreaded words — Tommy John surgery.

[FlJoePa]

This just sucks - for all of baseball. Most exciting pitcher in MLB looks like he's headed for Tommy John surgery.

[chajin]

Could be worse: they could be missing 60% of their starting rotation, like another FL team that looked perfectly poised for the season.

[woweeitsme]

When you first read the headline, you have to make sure the he didn’t say some derogatory comment about Michael Sam!

[darkangel82]

Sucks, but it’s become an epidemic in MLB this season.

[dfwgator]

There’s a reason for the injuries, teams are abusing young arms. Arms and shoulders do not fully develop until the age of 25.

There’s a reason Nolan Ryan had such a long career, even though he was a fast ball pitcher.....He started in the Mets’ bullpen, and only became a starter later on.