Doug Drabek was an 11th-round pick with an old-school mentality. Got an injury? Rub some dirt on it. That's how Drabek always thought. But dirt won't fix his son's elbow problem.A few days ago, when Mike Arbuckle told me Kyle Drabek, the Phillies' first-round pick in 2006, was going to have his elbow examined more closely, it didn't sound promising. Within the past few days, Arbuckle, scouting director Marti Wolever and Texas-based Phillies scout Steve Cohen all told me the same thing: Drabek has never had an arm problem, so they were hoping the 19-year-old right-hander was overly concerned about whatever tenderness he'd been feeling in his elbow. The Phillies ordered a second MRI exam to be sure, and that test revealed damage to an elbow ligament. Drabek will undergo Tommy John surgery Wednesday in New York.
He'll be sidelined for at least a year. That's the bad news. The good news: Drabek is only 19, and the success and recovery rate from Tommy John surgery is over 90 percent.
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This year's first-round pick, Joe Savery, dropped by the Bank yesterday and said seeing the South Philly bandbox makes him want to be a hitter again. Don't worry, though. Savery is fully committed to pitching.
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