In a meeting deep within the bowels of Minute Maid Park, you sit across from Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and a doctor. Luhnow lets the doctor begin:
Well, you see, ha, Brady Aiken has a very small UCL.
"Okay," you reply, "Is there a structural issue with his elbow?"
No...not now, anyway.
"Hell does that mean?"
There's a possibility of a major UCL injury.
"He's a pitcher. Have you paid attention to, you know, baseball over the last 12 months? That's always a possibility."
Tommy John surgery might not fix it.
"Okay."
*Luhnow breaks in* "We would like to renegotiate the terms of the deal."
To get up and walk out, turn to Page 71.
To listen to the Astros' new terms, turn to Page 102.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
