Tommy John surgery. Shoulder calcification. Elbow stiffness.
For years, a laundry list of injuries and setbacks littered the star-crossed career of right-hander Dylan Bundy, the Orioles' first-round pick (No. 4 overall) in the 2011 amateur draft. Considered a future ace out of Owasso (Okla.) High School, and once ranked as the top pitching prospect in the sport by Baseball America, Bundy rocketed to the majors at age 19 in 2012 -- only for his career to nearly self-destruct.
From 2013-15, Bundy threw a grand total of 63.1 minor league innings. Elbow reconstruction surgery June 28, 2013 cost him that entire season and most of the next; a rare calcium buildup in his right shoulder sidelined him for much of 2015. Bundy, at last, got back on a mound in the 2015 Arizona Fall League -- only to be shut down after two innings pitched because of a sore elbow.
