One thing that doesn't get talked about enough is how beneficial it is to have your kid rotate the sports they play and how it can actually help them become better at the sport. There are several pro athletes who have done that and had major success.
Because the HOF makes zero sense, if there was a rhyme and reason it then it wouldn’t generate conversation. Having it basically random always has people like you bringing it up
@@Cardivore20 It's hardly random. There are some players who are H-o-F "locks" (Clayton Kershaw), some who definitely won't make it and some who are borderline/arguable. I believe Tommy John is just above borderline and should get in.
He was a winner everywhere he played (until his last couple of seasons when he was up in age), led the league a few times in shutouts, was in the voting for Cy Young multiple times, and just short of enough votes to win that award, and then the baseball writers disrespected him yet again in the HoF voting. The Veterans Committee of players in the HoF now have a chance to correct the oversight. Forget about the surgery, he deserves induction based on merit of his pitching alone. I hope the HoF Veterans Committee does the right thing. John's only "offense" in his career was not staying in one place very long, and that didn't set well with the writers who covered the teams.
He's definitely borderline as a player. He's more of a stat accumulator, like Jamie Moyer or Bartolo Colon though he has a better case than either of them. It kind of shows the problem we have with categories, like yeah he could be inducted as a player but he could also be inducted as a pioneer. But either way he's definitely a Hall of Fame baseball guy.
If you don’t throw hard you make it a lot harder on yourself to make it far in the game. You most likely need an outlier component to your pitching (arm angle, etc). I think that pitchers find it easier to train to throw hard than to find something unique to use while pitching. Also 90mph was above average for maddux’s time
Time has changed since Maddux was playing in the major. You simple can’t compete in the major with low 90’s fastball anymore with how hitters are way better in general nowadays. It’s also because pitchers are ok with getting TJ as long as they become successful in the major.
@@lizrutherford2656 I know Kyle Hendricks has had a great career without having good velo and there are certainly pitchers that find success with good movement and control I’m not denying that. What I’m saying is that having good velo naturally gives you bigger competitive advantage when it comes to getting noticed by scouts and making the big league in general which is why coaches put more emphasis on velo.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Tommy John. In conjunction with sports medicine classes that I teach at the University, I'll explain the procedure and then show a photo of us. My students love it. The best teaching is when content comes straight from the source!
Tommy John Surgery survivor here. The reason for all the surgeries recently is 3, possible 4 fold. 1) Kids are TOO focused on velocity & spin rate. They train to maximize both. 2)Mechanics of pitching, are catered to velo & spin rate, with the mechanics not important. Bad arm mechanics will lead to damages. 3) Kids are throwing TOO MUCH at Max Effort & Max Velocity. 4) The ucl ligament isnt designed to withstand nor endure throwing overhand. Biology/Physics 101. Eventually if you throw any ball, long enough, the ligament WILL snap.
Once they started measuring spin rate and putting more value on velo vs location it set off all the alarms for the need to get velo and spin rate up which translates into all the arm injuries.
If everyone else is focusing on faster velo and higher spin rate and you’re not, then how are you going to make the big league? At the end of the day, you have to stand out amongst the others even if that means you’re going to get hurt and get TJ in the process. That’s just the reality
The average healing time is between 12 to 18 months. That's if there are no complications. You are essentially out for over a season and half if you are a MLB pitcher. It has helped pitchers like Justin Verlander go for another few years and given again MLB pitchers new life. The thing is the average healing time between 12 to 18 months on average.
Love the confidence kid, I hope you do make it to MLB. However, do some simple math, and see, the vast majority of guys, rarely make MLB. I played 4 years at Div.1 Baseball, then played 5yrs in Minors. I did NOT take PEDs, as was popular in 90s, and it cost me advancement. However, I went onto coach baseball for 4yrs at College Level, 23 at HS Level. Had 4 former HS players get drafted, none made it past AAA. Its difficult. However, you have the 100% right attitude
Don't be sorry kid. You said it right you're gonna pitch in the majors because GOD blessed you with the rare velocity with control that it takes to pitch in the majors.
The same thing is happening in basketball with AAU ball, travel teams etc. Young NBA players barely play a full season now, injuries are constant because they've been playing basketball year round since they were 12-14yrs old.
Yes it's a major issue . It won't ever change though because it's a money making industry . People make their living off kids dreams of becoming professionals. Have a nephew who's mother has spend probably over 10 thousand dollars through the years so he could play basketball. Ridiculous. I offered my 2 cents but my deposit was rejected . The state of youth sports is a racket and a mess.
The ratei of these njuries would be going down if baseball had just listened to Dr. Mike Marshall. He was warning for decades about how pitching mechanis are wrong, and developed a safer way to pitch with velocity. Oh and how is Dr. Mike? He is the doctor that pitched that also happen to be a ballplayer in a previous life. Pitched in 107 MLB games in a single season without hurting himself. He was also the guy that convinced Tommy John to go ahead with the surgery. Yeah, thats the guy people have ignored.
He’s also the single greatest baseball player in the last hundred years, and arguably of all time. Not exactly a great example. Also it was his second TJ and there is no guarantee he’s able to get back to the success he previously had as a pitcher. I don’t know that I’d bet against it, but there is a very real possibility that he just simply isn’t able to pitch anymore. At least not at the level he was.
Tommy John surgery affects the act of throwing which is different from that of swinging a bat. Nobody ever thinks about that because 99.999% of pitchers never hit. Yes, Shohei is an incredible baseball player but if batting was going to hurt his surgically repaired elbow or effect his rehab back to pitching he wouldn't have been cleared to do it, nor be as successful as he's been as a DH.
That last comment says it all "that's not going to happen...I will be in the major leagues." These kids are thinking payday as much as just playing baseball, and they'll extend themselves to the point of wearing themselves out at an early age to chase the big leagues.
I was hoping he was going to say anything other than what he did. His parents are setting him for either an unlikely success, or catastrophic failure with that mindset.
Poor mechanics and over pitching in under-developed bodies. It’s ridiculous what we do to our kids in youth programs. The worst part is that most of those kids will not pitch in the MLB and even a D1 program, and yet there they are, pushed left and right by over-ambitious parents.
I am thankful that my pitching coach as a kid (former Giants catcher) would not allow me to do certain things at a young age in order to not mess up my arm and instead focused on movement of the ball
@@adama4791 As he should. Good for him. If you are a kid you should be learning and having a good time. Not being pushed desperately to win a game for the amusement and the ego of adults
Dr. Frank Jobe and Dr. Robert Kerlan developed the procedure which is for some odd reason attributed to Tommy John. I didn't like him in the end because he was on the Dodgers payroll at the time of injury. After he recovered, he jumped to free agency and signed with the Yankees of all teams who had twice beaten them in 1977 and 1978, so that was pretty pointed given other teams had higher offers. At least in 1981, the Dodgers beat the Yankees and John (starter) in game 7.
Just watched and interesting Joey Votto interview with Dave Pattrick? Dan Pattrick?...whatever....Anyway he was talking about how as a hitter, it's not so much the velocity that makes it tough but the movement on the fastball. Pitchers with movement are harder to hit. Of course, he's talking about the difference between 95,96 to like 100+ so I'm not sure how that applies when scaling down, but perhaps there are other things younger kids could focus on before dialing up the speed to the max all the time? Can any of you coaches or experienced pitchers comment about that? Can you get good movement on a slower fastball?
Yup. Unfortunately you have coaches, trainers and so called specialist who make their living off kids dreams who discourage what you stated. They tell them no you have play basketball, baseball, soccer, football year round, get special training or they will miss opportunities. Youth sports is a racket and the adults who run it should be ashamed of themselves.
Yes. And with each revision, the chances of return-to-play decrease. It's important to remember that Tommy John is not just a "fix and go" proposition. Re-hab is lengthy and the athlete is also re-trained to avoid future tears.
@@JustinCase780it’s a fair question. Walker Buehler (who is probably pitching tomorrow) and Ohtani (hitting all year and pitching next year) both had TJ twice. We’ll see how both hold up going forward.
@@StoveyStoveTop I saw Ohtani at Dodger Stadium late July vs. S.F. hit a double and steal a base. The guy is a God and I douubt would be ungrateful for the surgery which people always see the negative side about. Pretty funny being that in L.A. where it's the land of plastic surgery...haha. Pretty sure that he would agree that he made the right decisions.
Why not have speed limits at every level of baseball and outlawing curve balls up through the high school level? Even MLB could have a speed limit of, say, 95 mph. Hitters would love it.
@@writereducator Rules are abstract. I'm asking for practical information. Who operates the speed the gun? Who confirms that the speed gun is properly calibrated? How much do you increase the costs to the families to pay for the radar guns. Where are the speed guns stored? Who manages their batteries? What's the penalty for throwing too hard? How are the speed limits determined? What do you do in the case where someone is throwing under the speed limit, but doing so in a way that is still injuring them?
Well from other documentaries, discussion shows and other videos alot agree there asking pitchers to throw as hard as they can all the time.. guys today dont take a little off like in nolen Ryan's time etc.
@@adama4791 I’m referring to those who’ve had TJ surgery that are HOF worthy . Among those players Verlander will be the next to get in. Nothing to do with his age.
Someone help me. Isn’t “recruiting” a 13 year old, yet alone discussing your program with them, still an NCAA violation? Or, am I not understanding the rules?
Simple misunderstanding of the rules. It’s very common for children as young as 10 and 11 to get recruited by universities. Happens all the time in football.
Hell I went to high school with a kid who signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Wisconsin when we were in 8th grade. Most of the time kids recruited that young don’t end up playing for the university that scouted them super young anyway.
Thanks! Then when I hear the phrase, “their recruitment window is now open,” what does than mean? Are their hard rules or is it wink, wink? I never had kids that were collegiate level athletes.
I thought something was wrong with my TV. That has to be a choice to look like that. Makeup, lighting and editing can do miracles. And this woman has not and does not always look like this. Bizarre. Scary. Distracting.
I felt bad cuz I’ve seen her many times and love her segments but I was like wow who did her makeup. She beautiful so I just felt like lighting or something was wrong.
She looks like Marie Curie post radiation poisoning. I just watched Betelgeuse Betelgeuse so that's all I could think of. The lighting is horrible and makeup is strange.
It’s crazy how this kid has lied already in this interview. You topped out at 92mph. Which means you are in the 85-88mph consistent range of throwing. But with that surgery you are sure to lose some velocity. I guess he forgot his profile was on Perfect Game. Dad lied and said he limits his son pitching which is a lie also. The kid is a PO and that means pitcher only. So what do you expect what was going to happen to your arm. 88mph will not get you in the league. You got kids like Landon Green throwing 94mph consistently at 14 years old. His parents just sitting there looking dumb and not telling him to get a degree and worry about baseball later. That is what is wrong with the sport now.
They need to stop trying to all be power pitchers and try to be finesse pitchers because they are all throwing they're arms out trying to over throw pitches. Stop trying to throw the ball by people and pitch to contact.
Sinply put most kids play too much . Year round. Constantly practicing . Repetitive motion wears down body parts rapidly . Im stating the obvious, but it's an epidemic. An it wont change because kids sports are basically an industry country wide . People make their living off kids dreams . 😎🎭✌️
Nobody is getting “Tommy John” surgery anymore Ohtanis spokesman says “surgery” only because it’s a webbing cast put in the process of a UCL surgery Tommy John takes too long to recover and not everybody can return to previous from whereas bouncebqckcrates in athletes are higher with UCL
What a joke, MLB will prohibit a pitcher who can throw balls ? Come on man, that is why people come to see 100 mile balls and if not delivered, people will go somewhere else. Baseball is a boring and long game If you do not have your fav team, it becomes I do not care who wins games
If the kid was the focus of the story why is the mom in the middle and not him like he was in the picture with this doctors??? What is up with this gynocentric/matriarchal/feminist bs you are trying to forcefully feed us and in a very indirect way
@@JustinCase780 I understand it fine. Played it for 4 years. I should have said it is boring to watch. That's why 300 people show up in stadiums that seat 30,000.
@@oogrooqAre you slow? They literally changed a dozen rules to make the game run smoother and faster and it's becoming much more popular. Guys like Mike Judge and Ohtani are huge now. Playoff baseball ATM is having its highest ratings in years Tell us you have no idea what you're talking about again 😊
One thing that doesn't get talked about enough is how beneficial it is to have your kid rotate the sports they play and how it can actually help them become better at the sport. There are several pro athletes who have done that and had major success.
@barak-rocky-giles2081 yes. Plus everyone needs an off-season to rest and recover.
@@barak-rocky-giles2081 so true.
I remember Glavine said he wouldn't even pick up a baseball in the winter, the arm has to rest eventually
Tell that to the high school coaches
true. Patrick Mahomes played baseball and basketball in HS, even played baseball one year in college.
Tommy John has 288 wins and arguably one of the most famous names in the game. Why he is not in the Hall of Fame is mind boggling
With those wins and the surgery he definitely belongs
Because the HOF makes zero sense, if there was a rhyme and reason it then it wouldn’t generate conversation. Having it basically random always has people like you bringing it up
@@Cardivore20 It's hardly random. There are some players who are H-o-F "locks" (Clayton Kershaw), some who definitely won't make it and some who are borderline/arguable. I believe Tommy John is just above borderline and should get in.
He was a winner everywhere he played (until his last couple of seasons when he was up in age), led the league a few times in shutouts, was in the voting for Cy Young multiple times, and just short of enough votes to win that award, and then the baseball writers disrespected him yet again in the HoF voting. The Veterans Committee of players in the HoF now have a chance to correct the oversight. Forget about the surgery, he deserves induction based on merit of his pitching alone. I hope the HoF Veterans Committee does the right thing.
John's only "offense" in his career was not staying in one place very long, and that didn't set well with the writers who covered the teams.
He's definitely borderline as a player. He's more of a stat accumulator, like Jamie Moyer or Bartolo Colon though he has a better case than either of them. It kind of shows the problem we have with categories, like yeah he could be inducted as a player but he could also be inducted as a pioneer. But either way he's definitely a Hall of Fame baseball guy.
This is what happens when the emphasis is on velocity and not on movement. Greg Maddux hit 90 on a good day and never had TJ.
Greg Maddux was great but he went to the mouth often off the mound. No one ever challenged that.
If you don’t throw hard you make it a lot harder on yourself to make it far in the game. You most likely need an outlier component to your pitching (arm angle, etc). I think that pitchers find it easier to train to throw hard than to find something unique to use while pitching. Also 90mph was above average for maddux’s time
Time has changed since Maddux was playing in the major. You simple can’t compete in the major with low 90’s fastball anymore with how hitters are way better in general nowadays. It’s also because pitchers are ok with getting TJ as long as they become successful in the major.
@@Acquirebread Guess you never heard of Kyle Hendricks.
@@lizrutherford2656 I know Kyle Hendricks has had a great career without having good velo and there are certainly pitchers that find success with good movement and control I’m not denying that. What I’m saying is that having good velo naturally gives you bigger competitive advantage when it comes to getting noticed by scouts and making the big league in general which is why coaches put more emphasis on velo.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Tommy John. In conjunction with sports medicine classes that I teach at the University, I'll explain the procedure and then show a photo of us. My students love it. The best teaching is when content comes straight from the source!
Tommy John Surgery survivor here. The reason for all the surgeries recently is 3, possible 4 fold. 1) Kids are TOO focused on velocity & spin rate. They train to maximize both. 2)Mechanics of pitching, are catered to velo & spin rate, with the mechanics not important. Bad arm mechanics will lead to damages. 3) Kids are throwing TOO MUCH at Max Effort & Max Velocity. 4) The ucl ligament isnt designed to withstand nor endure throwing overhand. Biology/Physics 101. Eventually if you throw any ball, long enough, the ligament WILL snap.
Always redlining it. What can go wrong eh?
Little league schedules are insane too.
Once they started measuring spin rate and putting more value on velo vs location it set off all the alarms for the need to get velo and spin rate up which translates into all the arm injuries.
@@rdd2devore409 true. All the apps and tech available can hurt kids chasing numbers and stats.
If everyone else is focusing on faster velo and higher spin rate and you’re not, then how are you going to make the big league? At the end of the day, you have to stand out amongst the others even if that means you’re going to get hurt and get TJ in the process. That’s just the reality
Love this kid’s confidence!
The average healing time is between 12 to 18 months. That's if there are no complications. You are essentially out for over a season and half if you are a MLB pitcher. It has helped pitchers like Justin Verlander go for another few years and given again MLB pitchers new life. The thing is the average healing time between 12 to 18 months on average.
Exactly! He hit on right on the head. We as a society is so consumed by numbers and d1 programs as so consumed by velocity and spin rate.
Love the confidence kid, I hope you do make it to MLB. However, do some simple math, and see, the vast majority of guys, rarely make MLB. I played 4 years at Div.1 Baseball, then played 5yrs in Minors. I did NOT take PEDs, as was popular in 90s, and it cost me advancement. However, I went onto coach baseball for 4yrs at College Level, 23 at HS Level. Had 4 former HS players get drafted, none made it past AAA. Its difficult. However, you have the 100% right attitude
That interviewer looks like a ghost.
It is Halloween!
I hope to see Quincy Bright in the majors one day
Don't be sorry kid. You said it right you're gonna pitch in the majors because GOD blessed you with the rare velocity with control that it takes to pitch in the majors.
The same thing is happening in basketball with AAU ball, travel teams etc. Young NBA players barely play a full season now, injuries are constant because they've been playing basketball year round since they were 12-14yrs old.
Yes it's a major issue . It won't ever change though because it's a money making industry . People make their living off kids dreams of becoming professionals. Have a nephew who's mother has spend probably over 10 thousand dollars through the years so he could play basketball. Ridiculous. I offered my 2 cents but my deposit was rejected . The state of youth sports is a racket and a mess.
Whoop there it is.
The ratei of these njuries would be going down if baseball had just listened to Dr. Mike Marshall. He was warning for decades about how pitching mechanis are wrong, and developed a safer way to pitch with velocity.
Oh and how is Dr. Mike? He is the doctor that pitched that also happen to be a ballplayer in a previous life. Pitched in 107 MLB games in a single season without hurting himself. He was also the guy that convinced Tommy John to go ahead with the surgery. Yeah, thats the guy people have ignored.
Shohei Ohtani just hit 56 home runs … while recovering from Tommy John
He’s also the single greatest baseball player in the last hundred years, and arguably of all time. Not exactly a great example. Also it was his second TJ and there is no guarantee he’s able to get back to the success he previously had as a pitcher. I don’t know that I’d bet against it, but there is a very real possibility that he just simply isn’t able to pitch anymore. At least not at the level he was.
Tommy John surgery affects the act of throwing which is different from that of swinging a bat. Nobody ever thinks about that because 99.999% of pitchers never hit. Yes, Shohei is an incredible baseball player but if batting was going to hurt his surgically repaired elbow or effect his rehab back to pitching he wouldn't have been cleared to do it, nor be as successful as he's been as a DH.
He already had Tommy John surgery once. He had surgery on his elbow so he can't pitch until 2025. He can be a DH, but as a pitcher he can't do that.
That surgeon was amazing🙌💯😎🔥
1:53 how do I contact him?
That last comment says it all "that's not going to happen...I will be in the major leagues."
These kids are thinking payday as much as just playing baseball, and they'll extend themselves to the point of wearing themselves out at an early age to chase the big leagues.
I was hoping he was going to say anything other than what he did. His parents are setting him for either an unlikely success, or catastrophic failure with that mindset.
@@fasillimerick7394 he is a top prospect.
11 yrs old trying to light up a radar gun.
At this point, you might as well have MLB require pitchers to get Tommy John surgery before they are allowed to play at all.
Over 50% of the injuries are in children (under age 18).
Bunch of parents who think their kid with a 7.50 era on their 16u travel team is gonna make it big.
Poor mechanics and over pitching in under-developed bodies. It’s ridiculous what we do to our kids in youth programs. The worst part is that most of those kids will not pitch in the MLB and even a D1 program, and yet there they are, pushed left and right by over-ambitious parents.
I am thankful that my pitching coach as a kid (former Giants catcher) would not allow me to do certain things at a young age in order to not mess up my arm and instead focused on movement of the ball
@@adama4791 As he should. Good for him. If you are a kid you should be learning and having a good time. Not being pushed desperately to win a game for the amusement and the ego of adults
Dr. Frank Jobe and Dr. Robert Kerlan developed the procedure which is for some odd reason attributed to Tommy John. I didn't like him in the end because he was on the Dodgers payroll at the time of injury. After he recovered, he jumped to free agency and signed with the Yankees of all teams who had twice beaten them in 1977 and 1978, so that was pretty pointed given other teams had higher offers. At least in 1981, the Dodgers beat the Yankees and John (starter) in game 7.
Don't forget lowering the mound after Bob Gibson's 1967 and 1968 seasons.
And ACL surgeries saved football careers.
Just watched and interesting Joey Votto interview with Dave Pattrick? Dan Pattrick?...whatever....Anyway he was talking about how as a hitter, it's not so much the velocity that makes it tough but the movement on the fastball. Pitchers with movement are harder to hit. Of course, he's talking about the difference between 95,96 to like 100+ so I'm not sure how that applies when scaling down, but perhaps there are other things younger kids could focus on before dialing up the speed to the max all the time? Can any of you coaches or experienced pitchers comment about that? Can you get good movement on a slower fastball?
Pitchers are encouraged to pitch until their arm blows out, then get surgery.
Seasonal breaks are so important. Playing other sports will help give that arm a break.
Yup. Unfortunately you have coaches, trainers and so called specialist who make their living off kids dreams who discourage what you stated. They tell them no you have play basketball, baseball, soccer, football year round, get special training or they will miss opportunities. Youth sports is a racket and the adults who run it should be ashamed of themselves.
What happens when the "tommy john" ligament breaks? Another surgery?
Please be more pessimistic.
Yes. And with each revision, the chances of return-to-play decrease. It's important to remember that Tommy John is not just a "fix and go" proposition. Re-hab is lengthy and the athlete is also re-trained to avoid future tears.
I have the same question.
@@JustinCase780it’s a fair question. Walker Buehler (who is probably pitching tomorrow) and Ohtani (hitting all year and pitching next year) both had TJ twice.
We’ll see how both hold up going forward.
@@StoveyStoveTop I saw Ohtani at Dodger Stadium late July vs. S.F. hit a double and steal a base. The guy is a God and I douubt would be ungrateful for the surgery which people always see the negative side about. Pretty funny being that in L.A. where it's the land of plastic surgery...haha. Pretty sure that he would agree that he made the right decisions.
What happens when the new ligament breaks down?
It can be repaired again
Why not have speed limits at every level of baseball and outlawing curve balls up through the high school level? Even MLB could have a speed limit of, say, 95 mph. Hitters would love it.
How would you enforce that “at every level of baseball”?
@@paulinthehall Rules.
@@writereducator Rules are abstract. I'm asking for practical information. Who operates the speed the gun? Who confirms that the speed gun is properly calibrated? How much do you increase the costs to the families to pay for the radar guns. Where are the speed guns stored? Who manages their batteries? What's the penalty for throwing too hard? How are the speed limits determined? What do you do in the case where someone is throwing under the speed limit, but doing so in a way that is still injuring them?
@@paulinthehall If it is a good idea, the people who run the leagues can figure it all out.
His chance of making the bigs is miniscule. A lot of kids throw smoke like that today and very few of them go beyond college or low minors.
When the problem becomes unbearable just like Concussions in FB there will be changes and rules
Well from other documentaries, discussion shows and other videos alot agree there asking pitchers to throw as hard as they can all the time.. guys today dont take a little off like in nolen Ryan's time etc.
Focusing too much velo and absolutely no volume management
John Smoltz and Paul Molitor are the only players in the baseball hall of fame who’ve had Tommy John surgery
Shohei will probably get to HoF
@@contrnsmagnificndjoobngtaintHarper too, he had to get it as a position player after 22 and Verlander is a lock for Cooperstown as well
@@contrnsmagnificndjoobngtaint Ohtani is definitely on the track to get in. Justin Verlander, who’s had Tommy John, will beat Ohtani to the HOF
@@GDavis49 yea because he's 11 years older...
@@adama4791 I’m referring to those who’ve had TJ surgery that are HOF worthy . Among those players Verlander will be the next to get in. Nothing to do with his age.
maybe pitching will slow down in the future? if it's happening at a young age then when your an adult wouldn't your throwing slow down ?
Yes your velo will go down and you won’t pitch in MLB. Volvo’s are insanely safe cars but you don’t see any in NASCAR right?
Someone help me. Isn’t “recruiting” a 13 year old, yet alone discussing your program with them, still an NCAA violation? Or, am I not understanding the rules?
Simple misunderstanding of the rules. It’s very common for children as young as 10 and 11 to get recruited by universities. Happens all the time in football.
Hell I went to high school with a kid who signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Wisconsin when we were in 8th grade. Most of the time kids recruited that young don’t end up playing for the university that scouted them super young anyway.
Thanks! Then when I hear the phrase, “their recruitment window is now open,” what does than mean? Are their hard rules or is it wink, wink? I never had kids that were collegiate level athletes.
These guys are literally ruining their bodies to play this game.
I'm Sorry, but the interviewer looks scary😬
this lady look
Why is he getting inteviewd by a zombie?
I thought something was wrong with my TV.
That has to be a choice to look like that. Makeup, lighting and editing can do miracles.
And this woman has not and does not always look like this.
Bizarre. Scary. Distracting.
I didn't realize Beetlejuice was doing interviews for CBS now.
Yes, a critical comment is valid.
Right!!! That chick is scary. I literally said WTF! when I first saw her.
😂
💀💀💀
oh shoot my mans quincyyyyy
It is parents!!!
Smoltz? Please.. it is the arm angle.. creating a whip will lead to Tommy John..
Amazing
the interviewer looks like shes from the walking dead....
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Woah, that lady's face shocked me.
I felt bad cuz I’ve seen her many times and love her segments but I was like wow who did her makeup. She beautiful so I just felt like lighting or something was wrong.
She looks like Marie Curie post radiation poisoning. I just watched Betelgeuse Betelgeuse so that's all I could think of. The lighting is horrible and makeup is strange.
@@brianradano9085 She doesn't normally look like that? I thought they were just being "inclusive."
Is the interviewer a zombie?
It’s crazy how this kid has lied already in this interview. You topped out at 92mph. Which means you are in the 85-88mph consistent range of throwing. But with that surgery you are sure to lose some velocity. I guess he forgot his profile was on Perfect Game. Dad lied and said he limits his son pitching which is a lie also. The kid is a PO and that means pitcher only. So what do you expect what was going to happen to your arm. 88mph will not get you in the league. You got kids like Landon Green throwing 94mph consistently at 14 years old. His parents just sitting there looking dumb and not telling him to get a degree and worry about baseball later. That is what is wrong with the sport now.
And why did you cry !?? Lol what?
Great journalism lady
Well i guess, sad about the idea of his lifelong dream dying before it even begins.
They need to stop trying to all be power pitchers and try to be finesse pitchers because they are all throwing they're arms out trying to over throw pitches. Stop trying to throw the ball by people and pitch to contact.
So sad
Parents are pushing for clinics etc....$ being thrown around.
That interviewer looks like something out of a Tim Burton film. Something about her eyes.
Chris Ahmad is such a goated name. Grand Slam if his middle name is Bergstein.
Oh it's America's pastime! That means that you just keep doing whatever you're doing without any second thought about it.
It’s when a pitcher puts spin on the ball and in most cases a pitcher is never the same after the procedure
Tommy John pitched longer after the surgery than before and the return rate now is almost 90%
Spin rate is the problem is the velocity
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9 year old kids are getting Tommy John Surgery EVEN BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY NEED IT
Lol no they aren’t.
Wow, just wow. I don't follow baseball. This is totally shocking.
It's not really new. Sports Illustrated had an article about this very thing r-10 years ago.
Sinply put most kids play too much . Year round. Constantly practicing . Repetitive motion wears down body parts rapidly . Im stating the obvious, but it's an epidemic. An it wont change because kids sports are basically an industry country wide . People make their living off kids dreams . 😎🎭✌️
Nobody is getting “Tommy John” surgery anymore Ohtanis spokesman says “surgery” only because it’s a webbing cast put in the process of a UCL surgery Tommy John takes too long to recover and not everybody can return to previous from whereas bouncebqckcrates in athletes are higher with UCL
Baseball is far right!
What a joke, MLB will prohibit a pitcher who can throw balls ? Come on man, that is why people come to see 100 mile balls and if not delivered, people will go somewhere else. Baseball is a boring and long game If you do not have your fav team, it becomes I do not care who wins games
Better headline" How the pitchclock is ruining pitchers arms"
With a Tommy John you wouldn’t get injured again, right?
Wrong. It happens a lot.
@@brutesquadbbq2268 Then it is a problem 😰
If the kid was the focus of the story why is the mom in the middle and not him like he was in the picture with this doctors??? What is up with this gynocentric/matriarchal/feminist bs you are trying to forcefully feed us and in a very indirect way
Baseball is boring, but not nearly as boring as golf.
Baseball is not boring if you understand it.
@@JustinCase780 I understand it fine. Played it for 4 years. I should have said it is boring to watch. That's why 300 people show up in stadiums that seat 30,000.
@@oogrooqAre you slow? They literally changed a dozen rules to make the game run smoother and faster and it's becoming much more popular. Guys like Mike Judge and Ohtani are huge now. Playoff baseball ATM is having its highest ratings in years
Tell us you have no idea what you're talking about again 😊
It's a highly skilled sport with pinpoint accuracy. In football, basketball, hockey, just be big and fast and you get to play.
@@hugh-jasoleMike Judge? The guy from Beavis and Butthead?
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@@GDavis49 nhoam nhoam,this is so yummy!
Please never do a baseball topic again
Don’t watch it 👍
5:40 I love this answer… go get your dream Quincy!!! 🤍⚾️