Originally posted on 05/02/2019:

Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
The issue won't be bone, to determine comeback time then.

The atrophy and rebuild of tiny muscles, tendons, ligaments that connect soft tissue from fingers to elbow will atrophy and need a slow rebuild.

Easy to get back to everyday life after a cast comes off

But throwing 95 mph plus fastballs and spinning the F out of balls ain't everyday life

He might come back quicker if he had a minor surgery with pins or a metal bracket inserted.

Then you have no cast, and keep movement and eliminate atrophy
Rough break (pun intended). And he's 33, so he's no spring chicken. He may very well never be the same.

He's signed through 2021, so if I'm him I take the slower but surer road back.