Why are Injuries Piling up at Such a Rapid Rate Among MLB Pitchers?

Four Starting Pitchers Go Down to Elbow Injuries in One Week

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Personally I think that it HAS to be some kind of disease that is spreading across the country. I'm serious. Well, not exactly about the "disease" aspect but something is going on around Major League Baseball. In recent years more and more players, especially pitchers have been getting injured, having Tommy John surgery and spending over a year just trying to recover to be able to pitch. When is the barrage of injuries in MLB going to stop?

Many ideas have been tried - everything from lowering pitch counts to the new rule regarding home plate collisions to special helmets for pitchers - yet the number of serious injuries continues to grow. Is it the way that teams are handling the players rehab? Not necessarily as both the Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg and Atlanta Braves' Kris Medlen had the surgery in 2012 and their rehabs were handled differently. Yet still both pitchers ended up injured again.

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A's Will Have to Start Season Without Griffin, Parker!!

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Braves' Ace Medlen gets MRI Results, Seeks Second Opinion

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Things in the pitching department are suddenly not looking  so good for the Atlanta Braves.  Their ace Kris Medlen had to leave Sunday’s game against the New York Mets. He grabbed his elbow after throwing the first pitch to Matt Clark with two outs in the fourth inning. He was taken off the field by the trainers immediately. Braves’ manager Fredi Gonzalez told reporters,

“I talked to him 30 seconds after he came inside, after I made the pitching change. He wasn’t in good spirits then. He was really, really worried. But after he got settled down and the trainers looked at him and Mets doctors looked at him, I think he was in better spirits.”

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