The Inverted W

Big shout out to my brother Steven for bringing this article to my attention today! With the news that the great and powerful Stephen Strasburg has been put on the 15 Day Disabled List due to a strained shoulder, it has opened the debate floor as to why Strasburg already has arm problems. The best part about this article is that it was written over a year ago. 

I had always been aware of power pitchers who are guilty of bringing their elbows higher than their shoulder plane were usually ripe for devasting injury which sometimes required the dreaded Tommy John surgery i.e. Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Joel Zumaya to name a few. I wasn't aware that there is an actual term for that mechanical flaw, and it's called The Inverted W (pictured above). Maybe it's part of the reason why Strasburg has shoulder problems already, or maybe it isn't. I tend to think it is, especially in light of Strasburg's 90 Mile an Hour Changeup.

One thing I can say with confidence however, is that I don't think we as baseball fans should be expecting a long career from one of the most legendary draft picks to ever come out in Baseball History.