Does it Seem To Anyone Else

by hugo on Sep 20, 2008 10:09 AM EDT

That the Jays have had an inordinate amount of serious arm injuries among their pitchers at the major league level? Accardo, Janssen, League, Janssen, McGowan, Ryan, Chacin, and now Marcum - all have had serious arm injuries that caused them to miss more than half of a season, and all in the past two seasons (Chacin's problems go back a bit further, but still). This seems out of whack with what other teams have dealt with, but maybe not. What do y'all think, and if so, what could be the cause? Just bad luck?

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It is starting to seem that way to me.....

I really think that with the number of young starters and relievers with have Cito should be given some hard and fast rules about pitch count and innings pitched for certain players. And some rules on how often and how many games in a row a reliever can throw. And he should be told ‘if you can’t follow these rules you are fired’. The team’s future depends on some of the good young arms we have.

Marcum, his first start back from the DL, we were told he had an absolute pitch limit and then he pitched well beyond the stated limit. For me, at times, I feel Cito ignores when pitchers seem to be tiring and that can’t be allowed. Pitchers end up injured when they continue to pitch after they are tired.

by Tom Dakers on Sep 21, 2008 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

More guys

Brandon Wolfe, and BJ Ryan count don’t they?

Davis Romero…

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by achengy on Sep 27, 2008 11:41 AM EDT reply actions

i did mention wolfe and ryan

romero could count as well

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Sep 27, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

sorry meant league and ryan

wolfe’s injury didn’t seem as serious, so i didn’t include him

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Sep 27, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

human arm

the human arm was not meant to throw 90+ miles per hour, it’s a common occurence for all major league teams.

by ErinCarr on Oct 16, 2008 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

well, yeah

my question was whether it is occuring more often to our pitchers than others. Just because major league pitching in general causes arm injuries, that doesn’t mean that one shouldn’t look at whether certain subsets or parameters as applied to major-league pitching could increase or decrease the frequency of those injuries.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Oct 16, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions