“a 2014 season lost to Tommy John surgery...” Brutal surgery. Amazing how any pitcher recovers from that. Harvey was tops in his field and reminds me of Mark Prior and other flame throwers who demanded too much from their arms.
The recovery rate from Tommy John surgery these days is 90 percent. The return from the second TJ is about 20 percent.
Jonny Venters of the Rays has had three of them and just made it back to the majors, where he hadn’t appeared since 2012.