Definitely. It is also another reason for Nats fans to be less bummed. Besides losing Stras for a year+, JZ has proved that a pitcher can come back at the same level as he was pre-TJ surgery.
TJ is preemptive surgery at this point. It is a 9-12 month recovery time and 90-95% successful. Ignore the far too conservative crap that teams say to cover themselves for the 5-10% that don't work out.
I can't believe Jayson Stark is already writing his obituary. He sounded like the grim reaper on Mike and Mike this morning.
