I think we are overlooking one aspect of the medical report. The concern the Astros were rumored to have was that Aiken's ligament was small, and would not be a good candidate for Tommy John surgery. He may have had the surgery, but his recovery prognosis might be drastically worse than other pitchers who have had the surgery and then been drafted. Yes, some pitchers can have this injury and come back even stronger. But a lot of them don't. Remember Jack Armstrong Jr? We drafted him in 2011 knowing he had an elbow inury. Total pitches thrown in his professional career? Zero. (He since retired.)

During this last NBA draft, they honored a kid who was projected to go in the first round, but during a PREDRAFT medical, it was discovered he had a life threatening heart condition. His basketball career was over. I understand it is cost prohibitive to do medical tests on all draft prospects in baseball like they do in football and basketball... but those players aren't getting 6.5 million dollar bonuses either.

There are no winners here. Aiken is a tragedy. He won 6.5 million in the lottery and lost the ticket. The Astros lost Nix, Marshall, and suffered a PR nightmare, even though now they've been vindicated.

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