Within one week’s time, Shane Bieber and Eury Perez have needed Tommy John surgery and Spencer Strider has serious elbow concerns. Gerrit Cole is out until at least June with elbow issues, too. Pitching is a brutal business.
@JeffPassan So is the absurd amount of money they’re being paid to play a game while Americans are homeless and starving on the street.
@JeffPassan Kills me how people want to throw it all on the pitch clock, and seem to totally dismiss the fact that it wasn't long ago that pitchers who threw 98+ mph were a rare commodity, yet in very recent years its become almost commonplace. Definitely couldn't possibly be any correlation
@JeffPassan Why is anyone saying "pitch clock" like it makes a difference?
@JeffPassan It the pitch clock. Pitchers are forced to rush their deliveries and aren’t going as deep in games. TJ surgeries are up 100% since the pitch clock was instated. It’s bad for the game.
@JeffPassan The Arm by Jeff Passan is a great way to learn about these injuries
@JeffPassan It’s a brutal business, but this is the worst it has been.