Another strong TJ rumor...

[The Federalist Engineer]

Does anyone have a general idea of how far over the average we are as far as TJ's go? I don't follow baseball super closely but it seems like it's becoming an epidemic in recent years as kids play more and more baseball throughout the year. Just curious as to how far ahead of the trend we are.

There is not a lot of transparency in college baseball. Kids just disappear from the roster and there is not always an explanation and basically no news. The way I looked into this issue was by focusing on a few programs and finding the curious "missed years" and finding little articles in local papers about an injury

The bottom line is that MSU 2017 is a total disaster with no parallel in any other major team (that I could find). LSU loses 1 kid per year, Florida loses 1 every other year, Vandy has only 1 player on the roster with TJ. The worst school in my cyber stalking was TCU but Arkansas is potentially the true worst. The Hogs have a great many recruits that are lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Basically- high rated recruit not on roster and not playing anywhere else, not D3 or JUCO

[Backspin]

Arkansas' Keaton McKinney, junior RHP, was reported on Feb 2, 2017 as needing TJ surgery and is out for this year.....MSU's number of TJ surgeries is abnormally high. Part of it can be attributed to over pitching in travel ball; however, when mechanics are changed to increase velocity it has to be done carefully and over time...not 3 months. Younger pitchers who suddenly become measured by an increased focus on velocity can lose their mechanics (i.e. not using leg drive and hips as much to create the increased velo) fairly easy when they've only been working on the new mechanics for 2 or 3 months and guess where the additional stress is placed when the pitcher's mechanics start leaking and the legs and hips are not as involved?? That's right...the elbow.

[Human Meat]

Arkansas' Keaton McKinney, junior RHP, was reported on Feb 2, 2017 as needing TJ surgery and is out for this year.....MSU's number of TJ surgeries is abnormally high. Part of it can be attributed to over pitching in travel ball; however, when mechanics are changed to increase velocity it has to be done carefully and over time...not 3 months. Younger pitchers who suddenly become measured by an increased focus on velocity can lose their mechanics (i.e. not using leg drive and hips as much to create the increased velo) fairly easy when they've only been working on the new mechanics for 2 or 3 months and guess where the additional stress is placed when the pitcher's mechanics start leaking and the legs and hips are not as involved?? That's right...the elbow.

Another shame. http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ro...aton-mckinney/

He was drafted out of high school with a bright future. You could tell he slacked off as a sophomore after a freshman All-America season.