OutKick Exclusive: Why Are Younger Pitchers Getting Hurt More?
With the Major League Baseball season currently underway, one of the hottest topics has been what's been happening on the pitching mound - but for all the wrong reasons.
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Why MLB must act now on alarming rate of pitching injuries - ESPN
It's all so ugly. Every day, it seems, another ulnar collateral ligament falls prey to the mere act of throwing a baseball. In a recent 48-hour period, Eury Perez, Shane Bieber and Spencer Strider — the best young pitcher in baseball, the 2020 American League Cy Young winner and the game's current strikeout king, respectively — all went down with damaged elbows. A game already too thin on starting pitching continues to lose its greatest talent at an alarming rate.
Guardians' Shane Bieber emotional discussing elbow injury - ESPN
CLEVELAND — Shane Bieber held it together Monday for as long as he could.
Marlins win first game after 0-9 start, beat Cardinals - ESPN
ST. LOUIS — The Miami Marlins ended their team-record nine-game losing streak starting the season when Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Nick Gordon hit three-run homers in a six-run first inning that lifted them over the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 on Sunday.
Stephen Strasburg retires from MLB after spending entire career with Nationals
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MLBPA says shorter pitch clock to blame for pitcher injuries - ESPN
NEW YORK — The head of the baseball players' association thinks a shorter pitch clock has contributed to a series of pitcher injuries.
Braves ace Spencer Strider has UCL damage in right elbow - ESPN
ATLANTA — Braves ace right-hander Spencer Strider has damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, an MRI revealed Saturday, leaving his status for the remainder of the season in doubt.
Guardians ace Shane Bieber set for Tommy John surgery - ESPN
CLEVELAND — Guardians ace Shane Bieber will have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery, a major blow to the team and the 2020 Cy Young winner.