Clayton Kershaw’s Race to 3,000 Strikeouts: Is the Era of Dominant Pitching Coming to an End?
Surely, career-altering injuries have been a part of baseball forever, but this feels different.
To dominate in today’s game, velocity is paramount. So is movement. The main goal is to make the baseball move as quickly and violently as possible, and today’s pitchers are throwing nastier pitches than ever before. A big fastball used to be anything in the 90s just a few decades ago. Now, that number is closer to 100.
The big problem is that most human arms don’t seem to be able to handle the stress — particularly for the lengthy amounts of time needed to chase 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts or many of the other career milestones that once defined greatness.
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