Doctor details Randy Rodriguez’s lengthy injury rehab after Tommy John surgery

Giants reliever Randy Rodriguez’s lengthy road to recovery officially has begun after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right throwing elbow Wednesday.Stanford Medicine’s Marc Safran, M.D., spoke to NBC Sports Bay Area to provide more insight on the injury itself, a potential timeline for Rodriguez’s return and what the Giants could expect from the 26-year-old when he does get back on the mound.Rodriguez initially sought out multiple opinions after the Giants placed him on the 15-day IL in late August. He had hoped to avoid surgery, but doctors made the recommendation to move forward with the procedure.Dr. Safran detailed what goes into that recommendation to go through with the surgery versus opting out and seeking other options. “It’s kind of shades of grey. Everybody’s a little bit different,” Dr. Safran said. Some people are more loose-jointed than others. It’s almost always looser when I test that ligament on a professional player on their throwing side than their non-throwing side, even though they may be asymptomatic. So it’s really hard because there’s no objective measure that determines, ‘Oh yes, he...