Excuse my ignorance, did we always have pitcher injuries in the 90s and early 2000s?

Good question, but get ready for the onslaught by the sunshine pumpers.

Crazy travel ball dad era where little Braxtyn is throwing 100 pitches every weekend starting at age 10 and doing lessons on top of it. Chad Ogea probably played football, basketball, and baseball in middle and high school and was built like a brick shithouse, these kids today are worn down by college, pushing their bodies to the limit in terms of velocity, and they aren’t particularly muscular or durable because all they’ve ever done athletically is throw a baseball. Gonna have more injuries with that combo

I don't think so but I think the college pitching game has changed with much more talent filtering through the college ranks now. So I suspect guys trying to add pitches and throw pump up their velocity to get noticed by the MLB end up with more of the types of injuries you see. That is just a guess on my part.

Kids and more so pitchers throwing year around now, that's your answer. Big Ben has stated this numerous times. They're literally throwing their arms out.

High school ball plus travel teams places more wear-n-tear on the arm. Better to get pitchers from cold-weather states according to a friend that has coached baseball and runs a youth sports park.

The arms race for every single pitcher especially righties to throw 90+ is what is causing it.

Not travel ball.