if you want to doubt the Nats doubt the skill of the guy who checked the MRI (lest we forget the history of our young aces- Patterson, Zimmermann, Strassburg), but there is no way Rizzo just made that up
Yeah, the question of Rizzo making that up reminds me of the reporter who asked the doctor if he could interview the guy who donated his heart to the other patient. Seriously, the question is so preposterous it can't be real.