Tommy John Surgery

[HaloNArizona]

I'll admit, I dont follow other teams as closely as I do the Angels...but what the heck is going on..

Myers

Smith

Middleton

Rameriz

Wood

That seems like a lot of players lost to TJS in one year....not including the past of Skaggs, Heaney and Trop.

[HaloNArizona]

From the first surgery on TJ in 1974 through 1990 - 14 surgeries

2018 - 15 surgeries (although Wikipedia doesnt list Myers or Smith)

[Inside Pitch]

12 minutes ago, HaloNArizona said:

I'll admit, I dont follow other teams as closely as I do the Angels...but what the heck is going on..

Myers

Smith

Middleton

Rameriz

Wood

That seems like a lot of players lost to TJS in one year....not including the past of Skaggs, Heaney and Trop.

Smith and Meyers didn't have TJ surgery..    One's got a torn labrum (shoulder), the other had anterior capsule surgery on his shoulder....   

https://www.si.com/edge/2015/07/30/examining-tommy-john-surgery-youth-baseball-mlb

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/tommy-john-epidemic-elbow-surgery-glenn-fleisig-yu-darvish/

This was a problem for MLB before it became a problem for the Angels...

[krAbs]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

Smith and Meyers didn't have TJ surgery..    One's got a torn labia (vagina), the other had anterior capsule surgery on his shoulder....   

https://www.si.com/edge/2015/07/30/examining-tommy-john-surgery-youth-baseball-mlb

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/tommy-john-epidemic-elbow-surgery-glenn-fleisig-yu-darvish/

This was a problem for MLB before it became a problem for the Angels...

FTFY

[Dtwncbad]

I still can't get over the irony that Tommy John needed Tommy John surgery.  What are the odds?

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

I still can't get over the irony that Tommy John needed Tommy John surgery.  What are the odds?

About the same as Lou Gehrig getting Lou Gehrig’s Disease 

[Dick B Back]

Or @tdawg87 needing... well you know.

[101halo]

Don't forget Goose. The scoreboard didn't have appropriate padding, a lawyer for the plaintiff claims. Dr James Andrews will perform the surgery in whatever one would consider a goose's elbow to be. Observers remain slightly concerned that the legendary surgeon could not describe the surgery he is expected to perform tomorrow morning, some going as far as describing the doctor as a "Quack."

[Troll Daddy]

Poor mechanics is the root of the problem 

[Billy_Ball]

[Torridd]

Who are those guys beside Finley?

[Angel Oracle]

35 minutes ago, Torridd said:

Who are those guys beside Finley?

Upper left is Nibs Nibbler.

Bottom left is Skaggs.

Bottom right is BadPebble.

Not sure who upper right is.

[Dick Enberg]

24 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Upper left is Nibs Nibbler.

Bottom left is Skaggs.

Bottom right is BadPebble.

Not sure who upper right is.

Vinnie Pepesipo...LOL

[Inside Pitch]

Kyle Glaser Retweeted

Jon Roegele‏ @MLBPlayerAnalys 4h4 hours ago

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For everyone freaking out over the Rays having 3 pitchers in their system undergo TJ surgery this year, I have recorded at least 170 different instances of 3 players in the same org having TJ surgeries closer together than Honeywell/De Leon/Banda. It's not good, but it's typical.

[T.G.]

Tommy John surgery... not to be confused with Olivia Newton John surgery.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Time to start replacing the UCL with graphene in both elbows at 14 years old for everyone.

[stormngt]

On 5/30/2018 at 2:15 PM, HaloNArizona said:

I'll admit, I dont follow other teams as closely as I do the Angels...but what the heck is going on..

Myers

Smith

Middleton

Rameriz

Wood

That seems like a lot of players lost to TJS in one year....not including the past of Skaggs, Heaney and Trop.

Where were you two years ago?

Tropeano, Heaney, Richards,  Skaggs 

[HaloNArizona]

19 hours ago, stormngt said:

Where were you two years ago?

Tropeano, Heaney, Richards,  Skaggs 

I almost went down that path.  Seems like a lot more than normal.

[Inside Pitch]

13 minutes ago, HaloNArizona said:

I almost went down that path.  Seems like a lot more than normal.

And yet it's typical....

On 6/5/2018 at 3:24 PM, Inside Pitch said:

Kyle Glaser Retweeted

Jon Roegele‏ @MLBPlayerAnalys 4h4 hours ago

More

For everyone freaking out over the Rays having 3 pitchers in their system undergo TJ surgery this year, I have recorded at least 170 different instances of 3 players in the same org having TJ surgeries closer together than Honeywell/De Leon/Banda. It's not good, but it's typical.

 

[Troll Daddy]

My 12 year old son's pitching coach is Eric Vaughn Plunk . 

Eric Plunk
Pitcher
Born: September 3, 1963 (age 54) Wilmington, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 12, 1986, for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1999, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	72–58
Earned run average	3.82
Strikeouts	1,081
Teams
Oakland Athletics (1986–1989) New York Yankees (1989–1991) Cleveland Indians (1992–1998) Milwaukee Brewers (1998–1999)

 

Excellent coach and has really help my son become a above average travel ball pitcher. Anyways, he believes current pitchers are trying to do too much with their pitches and altering their mechanics thus causing arm problems. Plunk pitched 14 years at the ML level with only one stint on the 10 day DL ... maybe he's right.

[eligrba]

...should be renamed as Angel's Pitching Surgery

[eligrba]

....should be incorporated into the Angels pitching program....pitch every 5th or 6th day until broke....resume schedule in 24 months.