After playing JV basketball for one year, my son moved over to a rec league team while keeping baseball focused. It was a much more relaxed level of play (although they did play hard), but the best was the additional time he had to do baseball specific workouts during the regular HS basketball season. There were no practices...just 2 or so games a week.
Good luck with the recovery process! My son had hip surgeries this past summer, and it was a huge relief to see him back in the swing of things (pun intended) this spring.