MLB study identifies factors for rise in pitching injuries

[metirish]

Good article



Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff Writer

Dec 17, 2024, 03:00 PM ET

Major League Baseball released a 62-page, yearlong study on pitching injuries Tuesday, identifying contributing factors to an increase in arm ailments -- including players chasing higher velocity and better "stuff" while exerting maximum effort more often, both in-game and non-game situations.



The study identified problems occurring at both the professional and amateur levels after interviewing over 200 people within the industry, including "former professional pitchers, orthopedic surgeons, athletic trainers, club officials, biomechanists, player agents, amateur baseball stakeholders, and other experts in pitcher development."





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[MFS62]

For a while arm injuries were blamed on the slider. What ever happened to that theory?

Now it's the fastball?

The old timers will tell you they don't pitch enough today. They baby their arms when younger and don't build them up.

It doesn't specify what kinds of injuries, elbows or shoulders. Different pitches pit stress on different things.

As the article says, more study is needed.



Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Worry about the balance of power here. Training techniques and, uh, vitamins, have led us here but hitters aren't injuring themselves swinging. Can pitchers take 10 mph off their stuff and not get themselves literally killed, I dunno.

[Edgy MD]

Seems like a year-long effort leading to the conclusion that ants like picnics.



Also, while they reportedly have talked to biomechanics professionals and surgeons, what they seem to be more interesting in collecting is anecdotes and theories. They should (or at least my team should) be looking at this from purely a data standpoint.



That said, they've assembled some pretty useful data, and more importantly, they're beginning to look at the data longitudinally, which should point to some obvious red flags.



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How they will respond to those red flags, I'm less than confident about.

[metirish]

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Passan spent years on this searching for answers (his words )

[smg58]

The spring training injuries were the one thing that was surprising to me. But all the same, it never hurts to have data. Honestly, I'm surprised pitchers haven't revolted by now. Certainly the front line pitchers who don't need to add more to their velocity to be effective and financially successful (like Jake DeGrom) shouldn't go along with this. But I guess pitchers trying to establish themselves are hoping the big payday precedes the big injury.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Does the word "steroids" appear in the report? If not they overlooked something