The broken bone, which was specifically the fibula in his left leg, required surgery, however the good news is that Billingsley should be ready to pitch at the beginning of spring training.

In 2008, he had the best season of his young career. The 24-year-old right-hander was 16-10 with a 3.14 ERA. Billingsley also had 201 strikeouts in 200.1 innings pitched.

It’s been a rough stretch for Billingsley on and off the field lately. Aside from his broken leg, Billingsley had two sub par starts against the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS. He failed to get out of the second inning both times and gave up a total of ten earned runs in five innings.

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