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Tag: pitch clock injury

  • Pitching Injuries: We Kind of Told you So

    Pitching Injuries: We Kind of Told you So

    Another baseball season has begun and the main topic of discussion has been the rise in pitching injuries.  Notable pitchers falling to injury so far this year include: These are just the most notable pitchers but on opening day, there were 132 on the injured list (IL).  In total, there were 166 players on the…

  • The Pitch Clock, Injuries and Ohtani

    The Pitch Clock, Injuries and Ohtani

    We brought up the notion that perhaps the faster game would negatively affect major league pitchers in terms of their health in this prior post.  We will start by stating that we here at BP have no data currently either pro or con of how the pitch clock might have negatively affected MLB pitchers health…