Tyler Glasnow has been diagnosed with a partial UCL tear and a flexor tendon strain following two pitching outings without using any form of grip on the ball.
Major League Baseball warned teams and pitchers that mid-year enforcement was coming for the use of any “foreign substance” to improve a pitcher’s grip on the ball, given the rise of more and more advanced substances — from sunscreen to pine tar to “Spider Tack” — and the correlating rise in pitch spin rates and batter strike outs.
We’ll get to Tyler Glasnow’s injury specifics in a moment, but let’s consider how irresponsible and unconscionable MLB’s recent decision is.