A new study from MLB looking at pitching injuries found that amateur pitchers are throwing too hard, too young and too often, which leads to long-term injury issues. While concerning, the study ...
Pitchers are throwing harder than ever. More of them are getting hurt, and the sport is less interesting for all that ...
Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki was posted to Major League Baseball teams and will be available to sign as a free agent ...
The league interviewed experts across the game and medical disciplines to determine the root cause of its pitcher injury ...
The study identifies an injury pipeline that impacts every level of baseball, from amateurs to major leaguers, with no signs ...
Forget the pitch timer. Nothing puts a pitcher more at a health risk than high-end velocity. It’s a fact. “How hard you throw has emerged as the biggest issue, overwhelming the other two ...
"Then you start playing spring games. The first game I am pitching in, I am trying as hard as I can. I am throwing as hard as I can." Matt Brown / Getty Images A number of orthopedic surgeons ...
But as the surgical procedure became a rule rather than an exception for hard-throwing pitchers, investing in college pitchers (and eventually high schoolers) who had already undergone the ...
Will pitchers adapt after MLB’s study on injuries? Every superhero has an origin story. Norm Sherry was Sandy Koufax’s. After ...