CORRECTION - At 0:31, I refer to Jordan Hicks as Alex Reyes. This was a mistake on my part, apologies to both Jordan and Alex.

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Baseball players are throwing harder than ever before. Average fastball velocity was up once again in MLB last season, with players like Jhoan Duran, Elly De La Cruz, and more stunning fans with their cannons. This rise in velocity hasn't come without a cost, however.

Arm injuries among baseball players have been rising dramatically in recent years, with youth players taking the brunt of the impact. And with the push across all levels of the game to throw harder, who knows how much more damage might be done?

This short documentary explores the injury epidemic facing baseball, including the debut of Stephen Strasburg, the history of Tommy John surgery, and where we go from here.

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BUSINESS:
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SOURCES:
The Tommy John Surgery Explosion in the MLB - https://www.samford.edu/sports-analyt...
Tommy John Surgery Statistics -https://web.archive.org/web/201405172...
Risk Stratification for Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury in Major League Baseball Players - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Why Do Pitchers Throw Harder After Tommy John Surgery? - https://www.eclipsewellnessnova.com/p...
Outcome of ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction of the elbow in 1281 athletes - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20929...
Why Are So Many Pitchers Having To Undergo Tommy John Surgery? (CBS) - https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/...
Tommy John Surgery Gaining Popularity (Cleveland Clinic) - https://health.clevelandclinic.org/to...
Stephen Strasburg, The Nationals, and Rethinking Tommy John - https://wtop.com/washington-nationals...
Can Tommy John Surgery Make You Pitch Faster? - https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/arti...


ARTICLES:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns...
https://web.archive.org/web/202304112...
https://web.archive.org/web/202204190...
https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?i...
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/this-day-in-...
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...
https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm...
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sp...
https://apnews.com/article/ee002fbe44...
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/3...
https://theathletic.com/2837568/2021/...


REFERENCES:
Baseball Savant
Baseball Reference
Fangraphs
Major League Baseball
Society for American Baseball Research


MUSIC:
"Tweaky Hastings" - Text Me Records/Jordan Blackmon
"Wild Pogo" - Francis Preve
"Remembering Her Face" - Silent Partner
"The Shepherd" - The Mini Vandals
"Sunday Plans" - Silent Partner
"Northern Lights" - Chris Haugen
"Hindsight" - Density & Time