Your Tommy John Surgery Reading List
Sadly, there's occasion to revisit this series of articles on Tommy John Surgery. Topics include: causes, the surgery, prevention, recovery and changing paradigms.
Spinning in Place: What to Know about Nick Senzel’s Vertigo | Wesley Jenkins
If you Google "nick senzel vertigo," the search engine will return 5,660 results in 0.52 seconds, with the first reading "Vertigo behind him, Nick Senzel ready to help the Cincinnati Reds." The headline gives f... Read More...
Recent thumb fractures and time on the DL
How long will Eugenio Suarez be out with a fractured thumb?
It depends on the severity. In the past two seasons, time on the DL for players with fractured thumbs has ranged from a couple weeks to three month... Read More...
Anthony DeSclafani oblique injury
The Reds just reported that pitcher Anthony DeSclafani has an oblique injury. No timetable. C. Trent Rosecrans tweeted these details:
https://twitter.com/ctrent/status/972916043466199040
Obviously disappo... Read More...
The Uncertain Future of Homer Bailey, Anthony DeSclafani, and Brandon Finnegan
https://twitter.com/JasonLinden/status/881534152310390788
No Homer Bailey. No Anthony DeSclafani. No Brandon Finnegan.
2018 will be a year of reckoning for the Reds; the final beta test for the rebuild that ... Read More...
Breaking: Anthony DeSclafani’s Elbow
News: Anthony DeSclafani has been diagnosed with a partial sprain (that means tear) of the ulnar collateral ligament. Shut down from pitching for four weeks. Go from there.
This does not necessarily mean ... Read More...
DeSclafani’s elbow soreness returns
The adage that bad news comes in threes has a new application in the age of Twitter. Witness three Reds beat writers dutifully tweeting out this bad, terrible, awful news:
https://twitter.com/ZachENQ/status/84... Read More...
Pitching arm health: The limits of innings limits
You can tell baseball has reached mid-season because the Reds and other major league teams are addressing their plans for managing the innings load of their starting pitchers. Conventional wisdom is that teams ... Read More...
Lorenzen sidelined with “elbow tenderness”
This is not the kind of tenderness we need.
Michael Lorenzen was scheduled to start today's game in Goodyear against the Rangers but was scratched due to elbow tenderness, according to Reds manager Bryan Pri... Read More...
Lance Lynn (SP, Cardinals) out for 2016 season
Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn had Tommy John surgery and will miss the entire 2016 season (Jon Heyman, CBS).
https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/664192615781425152
Lynn pitched 175 innings for... Read More...
BROKEN ELBOWS: Prognosis for Pitchers
It's a huge problem. Despite a growing awareness of the causes of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries and the new approaches many major league teams are taking to prevent them, the number of reconstruction... Read More...
BROKEN ELBOWS: Changing Paradigms
Are the Reds doing all they can to prevent elbow injuries?
The answer, as it does for every major league club, depends in large part on how they view the problem. Do the Reds believe elbow injuries are prima... Read More...