MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[rok]

Yikes. He was looking like the real deal too.

[funkster]

Officially official.  Darvish to undergo TJS.

[chshdsck]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/124752...d-pink-eye

 

Maybe they'll resort to just doing reach arounds on each other.....

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

Yet the celebratory rim jobs are still mandatory.

[Bart]

Zach Wheeler goes down with torn elbow ligament. I bet they are glad they didn't trade Gee yet.

http://m.wsbtv.com/news/ap/top-news/mets...ederated=1

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

This rash of serious pitching injuries the last couple of years are no joke. Are we witnessing a growing problem that needs a sport-wide solution? If so, what?

[Andy]

As of July 2013 report, 1/3 of all the current MLB pitchers (at that point in time) had had Tommy John surgery.  That's incredibly scary.

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/16996...hn-surgery

[rok]

This rash of serious pitching injuries the last couple of years are no joke. Are we witnessing a growing problem that needs a sport-wide solution? If so. what?

3 INNING PITCHER LIMITS!!!!



Honestly I have no idea what the solution would be. This has been an issue for almost 2 decades now. It can't be good for the sport long-term to lose some of its most exciting young players every season for extended periods of time.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

Ah. yes, okay. I had heard of the theory that it starts young, due to year-round throwing. Hmm.

[Runnys]

Honestly, I think the problem starts when these kids hit their teenage years. The really good players start playing year round on traveling teams and as far as I know, there are no rules governing pitch counts etc. Until rules are put in limiting how much and how often these kids pitch this will continue to be a problem.


Also, don't play year round! Their arm and body never get a chance to recover.

[rok]

Limiting the types of pitches kids can throw early on is probably more important than how often they throw. I think strict pitch counts have largely been a failure thus far.

[funkster]

Zach Wheeler goes down with torn elbow ligament. I bet they are glad they didn't trade Gee yet.
http://m.wsbtv.com/news/ap/top-news/mets...ederated=1

The Wheeler thing is a shame.  My uncle knows his parents.  They're clients of his.

[rok]

Glad we didn't trade any of our surplus SS to the Mets for pitching.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

This large surge in injuries to young pitchers further supports the Cubs' drafting tendencies.

[funkster]

This large surge in injuries to young pitchers further supports the Cubs' drafting tendencies.

Starting to make me wonder if they had any real intention of drafting Appel to begin with.  It's possible though, as I recall they delayed when the Astros took him.