re: Gerrit Cole to miss entire 2025 season with Tommy John surgery

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I wonder if he played travel ball

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pretty much everyone in mlb did

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Arm injuries are more common today than in the past.

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no they arent, the types of arm injuries are different

in the 80/90s there were a lot more shoulder injuries, now its more elbow injuries

much of it is because of the increased velo. The harder you throw, the more elbow valgus stress there is. we have studies that have looked at this and know that but the demands of the game mean you must throw Hard AF.

but GC is also 34 years old. it happens and every march during training camp we see these things. Many times its from ramping up too quickly but in this case it could easily be GC is getting older and followed his on ramp from previous seasons and is body was not prepared for the demands and he really needed a longer on ramp.