What can be done to slow down baseball’s arm injury rate?
In 2022, 34.4% of MLB pitchers had undergone Tommy John surgery. To start this season, the number had risen to 35.3%, and it has grown since then.
Lindsey Young is a sports writer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press who started work at the Chattanooga News-Free Press 24 years ago.
He covers the Northwest Georgia prep beat and NASCAR.
Lindsey's hometown is Ringgold, Ga., and he graduated from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School. He received an associate's degree from Dalton Junior College (now Dalton State) and a bachelor's degree in communications from UTC.
He has won several writing awards, including two Tennessee Sports Writers Association Prep Writer of the Year awards. Lindsey is married to Christine and has two children, Nicholas and Cody, and one step-daughter, Lacey. In addition to being an all-around sports fan, he is an avid bowler with five career 300 games and a high series of 801.
Contact Lindsey at 423-757-6296 or lyoung@timesfreepress.com.
In 2022, 34.4% of MLB pitchers had undergone Tommy John surgery. To start this season, the number had risen to 35.3%, and it has grown since then.
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