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Topic	Teenage pitchers now make up 57% of Tommy John surgeries.
ninjaman44 04/08/24 6:05:20 PM #41:	Yeah it's now expected of every pitcher to consistently throw over 90mph. It's an extremely unhealthy standard, to the point where tearing your UCL is pretty much guaranteed to happen, and any time a young pitcher comes up who hasn't gotten Tommy John surgery, everyone's just waiting for the inevitable injury and hoping it happens sooner rather than later. <cite>ninjaman44 posted [p:979808844] in Teenage pi... [t:80741323]...</cite> <quote>Yeah it's now expected of every pitcher to consistently throw over 90mph. It's an extremely unhealthy standard, to the point where tearing your UCL is pretty much guaranteed to happen, and any time a young pitcher comes up who hasn't gotten Tommy John surgery, everyone's just waiting for the inevitable injury and hoping it happens sooner rather than later. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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