yet alone a 25-year-old," Smoltz said. "We just act like, 'No big deal, have a Tommy John.'" But he does understand the pressure young athletes are under: "I also don't blame them for chasing ...

or bringing your teenager to the hospital for Tommy John surgery. Mostly, we see it in the fragile arms of major league pitchers, and, as a recent ESPN article points out, the old-man bodies of ...

Three dreaded words for pitchers have again been prominent in the baseball news recently: Tommy John surgery ... in players as young as eight years old. Can young pitchers avoid it?

Terre Haute native Tommy John is in the lineup, once again, for possible selection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Philadelphia Phillies have a lot of things to figure out this offseason, but one thing they seemingly already know is ...

San Francisco Giants right-handed reliever Cole Waites (elbow) missed most of the last two seasons due to injuries -- he strained his late just before spring training in 2023 and had Tommy John ...

Aguiar will miss the entire 2025 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Mark Sheldon of ... wound up requiring an operation. The 23-year-old collected a 6.25 ERA and 19:12 K:BB over 31.2 ...

Reds righty Julian Aguiar underwent Tommy John surgery on Friday ... The second opinion evidently didn’t allow the 23-year-old to avoid surgery. Aguiar will almost certainly miss the entire ...

During Tommy John surgery, the UCL is reconstructed using ... For example, a 13-year-old pitcher should take two days of rest after throwing 36 to 50 pitches in a game. “When you’re a skilled ...

NEW YORK, NY – Walker Buehler's regular season couldn't have gone much worse following a return from Tommy John surgery, but on Wednesday night, he looked like his old self. The 30-year-old ...

The 31-year-old right-hander had two stints on the injured ... Musgrove said he would reach out to players who've had Tommy John surgery to learn more. The procedure involves reattaching a tendon ...