[Lefty]

As always, Mr. Kimball makes very valid points and is knowledgeable regarding this surgery. Being someone that is close to Chandler's family, I can without reservation say that he has not been overpitched. He likely is one of the only high school kids who's parents still keep a pitch count on him every game. He has never been abused or overused. Coach Keeton never. Coach Feltner even more so never. And Midland not in the least. For those who want to say that summer ball did this, they are wrong. For the record, he has thrown a total of 7 innings since June. At Midland, you do not play numerous positions. Pitchers don't bat (as a general rule) not do they play field positions. I know that Chandler began to "feel" that something was not quite right at the state tournament. His rotation at LC the last season was about every 7 or 8 days. The closest 2 games he threw were in sectional play. He did not pitch at Midland until 16 days after the state tournament. Summer ball is not anymore to blame for his injury than anything else. It just happens.
I was told that this injury is not uncommon-especially for a kid with his body size and frame that throws with the incredible velocity he does.
As Kimball stated, this is by no means a career ending injury. The rehab will be intense but with luck he will come back his senior year as strong or stronger than he is now. There is no doubt this has been a tremendous blow to him.

The main point to remember here is this. He is just a kid and we should all be keeping him in our prayers for a safe surgery and a successful rehabilitation.

An athlete knows when his/her body isn't performing correctly, so when he "felt" something wasn't right at the state tourney, why did anyone even let him pitch those 7 innings with Midland?

I hate to hear this type of injury happening to anyone. Prayers go up to him for a superb surgery and recovery