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 ...
The league interviewed experts across the game and medical disciplines to determine the root cause of its pitcher injury ...
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 ...
The study identifies an injury pipeline that impacts every level of baseball, from amateurs to major leaguers, with no signs ...
"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 ...
The 25-year-old is something of a classic case of a hard-throwing (97.7mph average fastball velocity in the majors) pitcher who can’t harness his stuff, as Boyle has posted elevated walk totals ...
Will pitchers adapt after MLB’s study on injuries? Every superhero has an origin story. Norm Sherry was Sandy Koufax’s. After ...
Major League teams, colleges, amateur coaches and high-tech training facilities—has failed an entire generation of pitchers. The development of pitchers is an abject failure. The quest to increase ...