Category: Pitching Mechanics
Mets Pitching Injuries NOT Due to 2015 Hangover

Mets Pitching Injuries NOT Due to 2015 Hangover

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The latest in a series of arm injuries suffered by Mets starting pitchers has struck Jacob deGrom, who will miss his next start due to forearm tightness and elbow inflammation. ...

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Matz Shoulder and Elbow Issues Directly Related

Matz Shoulder and Elbow Issues Directly Related

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Steven Matz has been pitching nearly the entire season with an elbow issue -- going back to the forearm tightness he experienced way back in early May. The forearm tightness ...

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What’s NOT Wrong with Matt Harvey and How To Fix What Is

What’s NOT Wrong with Matt Harvey and How To Fix What Is

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Tonight Matt Harvey faces Stephen Strasburg. Normally that would be an exciting sentence for Mets fans, Nationals fans -- heck, baseball fans in general. Instead, it's a ...

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How Zack Wheeler Could Have Avoided Tommy John Surgery

How Zack Wheeler Could Have Avoided Tommy John Surgery

The good news: Zack Wheeler underwent "successful" Tommy John surgery to repair a torn UCL tendon and a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow. "He is expected to make a full ...

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Why There Are So Many Pitching Injuries This Time Of Year

Why There Are So Many Pitching Injuries This Time Of Year

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More pitching injuries occur from spring training through the first month of the season -- do you know why? There is at least one reason, and despite what you may remember of Tim ...

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Tommy John Setbacks Explained, and Attack from Olecranon

Tommy John Setbacks Explained, and Attack from Olecranon

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Over the weekend, I interviewed sport kinesiologist and pitching mechanics expert Angel Borrelli. We discussed the following topics: - Chad Billingsley's recent major setback ...

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Scientist: Matt Harvey Could Return in 2014

Scientist: Matt Harvey Could Return in 2014

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Matt Harvey has been insistent upon returning to a Major League mound at some point before the end of the 2014 season. Is that a realistic goal? Should he be prevented from doing ...

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Seven Mechanical Flaws that Lead to Tommy John Surgery

Seven Mechanical Flaws that Lead to Tommy John Surgery

MLB can count all the pitches they want, and can blame youth league baseball till the cows come home -- ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) / elbow injuries that require Tommy John ...

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