Yep. Though the claim of a year and a half is awful convenient. He didnt say anything when he got to Tampa? Didnt get it checked out in the offseason?
yes, it's really convenient, and it wasn't bad enough to stop him from having guys throw 95+ MPH fastballs at him, sometimes near his head. I can see him not wanting to get it looked at at the time of his trade to TBR, and that's an organization that I wouldn't expect to be shoddy on its physicals. I can also maybe see him not wanting to do anything during the off-season due to the strike and his unsigned status, so it is plausible that this has been there for a while, he kept his mouth shut, fought through it until he couldn't.