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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo, New York Yankees James Kaprielian throws during a spring training baseball workout in Tampa, Fla. Top Yankees pitching prospect James Kaprielian will have Tommy John surgery next week and be sidelined until 2018. The team's announcement Thursday, April 13, 2017, didn't give details of the ligament damage. He'll have surgery on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (37) wraps his arm after pitching against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in his first major league start since undergoing Tommy John surgery, at Nationals Park in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Atlanta Braves pitcher Kris Medlen wears an elbow brace on his right arm after season-ending Tommy John surgery as he waits during a rain delay in their exhibition baseball game against the team's minor league Future Stars Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

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Adam Wainright, St. Louis' Game 1 starter in the NLDS, missed the Cardinals' 2011 World Series run as he rehabbed from Tommy John surgery. (Associated Press)

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Just 19 months removed from Tommy John surgery, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg was named the team's Opening Day starter. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Just 19 months removed from Tommy John surgery, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg was named the team's Opening Day starter. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Stephen Strasburg is ready to the return to the majors just over a year after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his elbow. (Associated Press)

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Stephen Strasburg had a rough outing Wednesday night in his latest rehab start from Tommy John surgery. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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As he rehabs from Tommy John surgery, Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg is scheduled to start Wednesday, with another Hagerstown appearance likely. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

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Eleven months after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg will make his first minor league rehab appearance Sunday for Hagerstown. (Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann underwent Tommy John surgery in August of 2009. He made seven starts in 2010 with mixed results, but in 2011 he has become the Nationals' best starter. (Associated Press)