Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Neil ElAttrache picked up the X-ray in his hand, looked at it carefully for a moment, then said to Lin Guanglai in front of him:
"Lin, it looks like you're recovering well. Based on the current condition of your elbow ligaments, you should be able to return to the field in the new season..."
But then ElAttrache added, "However, my advice is that you should not pitch for at least the next year, or else it will be very easy to cause secondary stress injury to the repaired ligaments... In other words, for the sake of your future career, I suggest that the Yankees have you serve as a designated hitter in the new season—just like Ohtani who just joined the Dodgers."
Obviously, Lin Guanglai himself was not satisfied with this result.
