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Barry Zito

Barry Zito

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2019
1W·0L·0P·0 open
1.000
AVG
2.000
SLG
2.5K
SHU
+0.12
TVOA
SHRP
BNKRL
1W
STRK
0.0
ENTR
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Take Slip·Oct 11, 2019
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Fastball torque is the primary cause of Tommy John surgeries

They just found out that fastballs are the main reason for all these Tommy John's now. It's actually not curveballs and sliders like they were talking about... They did this whole study on all these Tommy John's and they're saying it's fastball torque. So really I don't have to worry about that.

Modern research generally agrees that high-velocity fastballs place the most stress on the UCL compared to other pitches.