re: 57% of Tommy John surgeries in USA performed on 15-19 year olds .

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So I'm not really sure what the alternative

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The alternative is for people to slow down and relax. If a kid has the ability to play college ball and more, that will show by the time he’s 18 whether or not he plays travel ball, so what are we really accomplishing by having kids of all ability levels playing ball twice or three times more than kids used to?

What we are accomplishing is raising the level of play in high school baseball.
But at what cost?