Zimmermann gone for 18 months

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Wow! 18 months. Man, even in the midst of an 8 game winning streak we can't avoid bad news.

Strasburg and Boras just won some major leverage

That was the first thing that went through my mind when I heard this news. Sucks for Zimmerman. He won't be full go until spraining training 2011. On the flipside, the Nats aren't going to be any good for at least a few more seasons anyway, and nowadays some guys come back from Tommy John actually throwing harder than before the surgery. All the best to Jordan. He's young. He'll be fine.