More Elevated Fastballs Associated With Placement on the Injured List due to Shoulder Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate whether impending shoulder injury was associated with changes in pitch location or velocity immediately preceding injury.

Methods

Pitchers placed on the injured list (IL) due to a shoulder injury between 2015 and 2020 were identified in the Major League Baseball transactions database. Four-seam fastball velocity and frequency of pitch location for each pitch type was collected for each player in the season before placement on the IL and within 1 month of placement on the IL with a minimum of 55 pitches thrown of 1 type. Pitch locations were collected as identified by Baseball Savant's Game-Day Zones. Game-Day Zones were consolidated into high (above the strike zone midpoint) versus low, arm side (closer to the pitcher's arm side of the plate) versus oppos

SUBMITTER: Stone AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9042881 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature