The Yanks have plenty of company in the injury department and it seems like not a day goes by where there isn’t news of another player going down with a hamstring or oblique injury. While the nature of sport is such that there are always going to be injuries, the current trend of record numbers of players going down with hamstring and oblique injuries in the course of performing regular activities like running the bases and swinging a bat, is indicative that there is a problem with how ball players are training.
Every team in the majors needs to understand what is going on with their employees so that they can take more control over what these athletes do for their off-season preparation. Again using the Yanks as an example, the team has taken steps to provide a complete in-house training program so that their players don’t have to rely on outside personnel.
However, unless the Yanks and other teams come up with a standardized approach to training for their players to follow in the off-season – even if the players work with their own trainers - these kinds of injuries will continue to occur in spring training and during the season.
Article comments
1 - grg
Any thoughts on PEDs contributing to the injuries?
2 - sal m
Unfortunately in this day and age PEDs are always related to the injury rate, both directly and indirectly.
3 - Tan The Man
Apparently the new Yankees' training regimen de-emphasizes running. Sound smart?
4 - sal m
it depends what kinds of running they are deemphasizing...if they aren't sprinting, they are going to suffer injuries and not be in shape. if they are distance running, they are still not going to be in shape to play baseball.
i'd like to see the details of what their running program is.
5 - Tan The Man
Yeah, I would to. But either way, running is probably the easiest way to get in shape.
6 - Tan The Man
Check that.... "simplest"
7 - sal m
again, depends on what kind of running that they are doing. there's no reason for any athletes - except distance runners - to distance run.