What do we think is behind this uptick in injured arms? Sticky stuff ban? Pitch clock? Like that one team physician was talking about in The Athletic with the advent of pitches like the sweeper and power change? Something else?
They will announce he needs a couple of months of rest. But that won't work and will need TJ anyway and be ready at the start of 2026.
cajunrevenge (04-06-2024)
They say they’re considering amputation for Strider. Wow.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
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50PoundHead (04-06-2024)
Combination of things but I think the biggest thing that we've seen over the last decade is that the change in hitters' approach/instruction and the improvement in hitters' physical strength has put increasing reliance on guys to overthrow because just about anything below 95 is going to get tattooed. It's just guys--especially relatively smaller guys of which Strider is one--pushing their limits with high-effort deliveries and putting inordinate amount of stress on their arms.
EDIT: Gov, it looks like we were having basically the same thought at the same time.
How much more than normal throwing in the offseason does it require to add a pitch?
On a positive note how about the start by Arcia. Averaging 0.1 WAR per game through 6 games. Leading the team at 0.6 WAR. Fangraphs showing 1.4 defensie WAR or whatever that would be called. He was at 8.3 for the whole season last year so thats significantly better pace than last year so far. MVP of our season so far imo.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
Little Thethe Nov 19, 2020.
Braves will provide an update on Strider at 4 pm. If they’re announcing a time to meet with the press, that means it’s bad.
Now 4:20
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I feel like as America's team, we should open our arms to Trevor Bauer. As the Statue of Liberty says give us your troubled douches with terrible personal lives... esp if they throw really hard. It's time to do the American thing...
Changed it to 4:20, presumably to give Brave fan potheads a chance to inhale when they hear the bad news.
Not expecting good news at all with this. If it's not season ending, i'd consider that a W, but expecting it to be.
Bauer will probably personally call the Braves. Ha
I don’t see it happening
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