Bleacher Report · Apr 10, 2024
No Need for Speed: Time for MLB Teams to Zag Away from Maximum Velocity Pitchers
It's the velocity, stupid.
There's indeed no better explanation for the sudden onslaught of pitching injuries rocking Major League Baseball. Which, for anyone who hasn't heard, is pretty bad.
Just in the last week, Eury Pérez, Shane Bieber and Jonathan Loáisiga have bowed out from 2024 by way of season-ending elbow injuries. And Spencer Strider may be next. He's only 25, but he's potentially looking at his second Tommy John surgery in five years.
Gerrit Cole, Framber Valdez, Nick Pivetta and Josiah Gray can also be folded into this conversation, of course, but the gist is clear: MLB has a crisis on its hands.