Those pitcher injury lists are impressive.. it’s almost as if torquing your arm repeatedly in the same motion to throw 80-100mph pitches is unhealthy!
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Hey you got to look at the bright side
Number one the Tigers offense should score more runs they didn’t score any damn runs for him
Number two I should be able to still see him play because my buddy’s and I got tickets to the Dodgers game on August 30th
Number three maybe we get to see if Drew Anderson isn’t a complete bag of crap as a starter cuz we know he is as a reliever
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It’s like @socko’s reoccurring elbow injuries after his favorite pee pee movies.
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Been rough for Pitchers rn
Maybe a dumb question but would raising/lowering the mound make any difference? Have the pitchers throw even less than they do now? Any ideas to help prevent injury? Go back to 1940s-1970s era baseball by teleportation? Although I don’t know how many guys destroyed their arms back then either and it could’ve been worse
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@frm would probably know that question. I just think these guys just throw it harder these days then back in the day. I might be wrong on this but Greg Maddox had a long mlb carrier. And think he was mid 80s low 90s type of of pitcher.
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Right on, that was going to be my other guess - just teach guys to pitch better in the 70-80s range. Much easier said than done I’m sure, and there’s always going to be guys pushing it too
There were articles on this last year, will try and find.
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But then again Tommy john surgery happened in the 70s. So who knows
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The bad thing about the injury is that it effectively puts an end to Detroit’s ability to trade Skubal. It is now sign him long term or lose him.
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They were not going to trade him
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Oh they broke out the Motorcity Alts. Is this the first time this season. I definitely like them better than the Orange Alts.
Damn, Greene should’ve tried the stop and go route. I bet the pitcher woulda run right past him.
Then again, he’d probably tear an MCL or something with our luck.
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Can we put McG in now?
Older articles, pretty sure theathletic one was posted some time back.
TheAthletic:
What is causing MLB’s rash of pitching injuries? Analyzing the data on all the biggest questions
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What is the main source of pitcher injury?
Velocity. Throwing hard is a direct stressor on the elbow, and throwing hard has been shown to lead to injury by multiple studies over the years. One study found that fastball velocity was the most predictive factor of needing elbow surgery in pro pitchers. Every additional tick is more stress on the elbow ligament.
Are pitchers getting hurt because they are throwers, not pitchers now?
Although this has an element of shaking a fist at clouds, there’s also an element of truth in this. Glenn Fleisig, Jonathan Slowik, et al. found that the closer a pitcher pitches to their maximum velocity, the more stress they put on their elbow, and other studies have found similar answers. The bad news is that baseball, as a sport, is throwing closer to its maximum with every year. And yes, this is keeping the method of measuring that velocity constant, it has nothing to do with radar technology changes.
Are analytics to blame?
There’s an obvious bias here between the author and the answer, but this line of questioning does not reflect well on professional pitchers’ ability to understand the risks and rewards in their own sport. In other words, yes, there have been all sorts of studies that link fastball velocity to better outcomes, starting with Atlanta Braves executive Mike Fast’s seminal piece on the subject and culminating most recently in things like Stuff+, but does a pitcher really need an analyst to tell them they need to get strikeouts, and that throwing hard will get them there? Listen to Justin Verlander on the subject. He’s smart, but he also captures the feeling of most pitchers when faced with the reality of getting outs in today’s game — especially given the rules changes that have favored offense.
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Come on Tiger hitters. One actual hit would be a good start!!
Edit: right on time Riley!
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Madden– who would have thunk.. 7 ko
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Just gonna post: what a pleasant surprise. Maybe a spot starter with all our injuries and Flaherty looking so awful.