{"id":89923,"date":"2024-11-18T19:27:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=89923"},"modified":"2024-11-18T19:27:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:27:11","slug":"dodgers-mark-prior-discusses-pitching-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/18\/dodgers-mark-prior-discusses-pitching-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Staff Hoping to Find a Fix for Pitching Injuries Within the Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said that the team&#8217;s staff will meet after Thanksgiving to solve pitching injuries in the organization. Prior, who appeared on the Dodgers Territory podcast on Monday, said that the organization is&#8221;&#8230; committed to see if we can find something common in the way we are developing guys&#8221; \u00a0starting in the minor leagues all the way up to the major league level. Prior emphasized that if they do find something common, that they should &#8220;act on it in a smart way, &#8230;not a reactionary way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dodgers Pitching Coach Mark Prior said LA&#8217;s staff will meet after Thanksgiving to try to solve pitcher injuries from within the organization. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h8xS7ksfCI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/h8xS7ksfCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dodgers Territory (@LADTerritory) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LADTerritory\/status\/1858620106034520249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dodgers Trying to Solve Epidemic of Pitching Injuries<\/h2>\n<h3>Widespread Injury Bug<\/h3>\n<p>The Dodgers used 40 different pitchers this season. This includes the 17 that had to fill the starting rotation. Coming out of spring training, the Dodgers appeared to have a surplus of pitching, but every member of the Opening Day <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/12\/dodgers-gavin-stone-shoulder-surgery-likely-out-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">starting rotation<\/a> spent some time on the injured list. The only L.A. starter to pitch above 150 innings this year was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/flaheja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Flaherty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/30\/dodgers-land-jack-flaherty-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">who the Dodgers acquired<\/a> at the trade deadline from the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n<h3>Not Just a Dodger Problem<\/h3>\n<p>The Dodgers, of course, are not the only team to face a large amount of pitcher injuries. They are league-wide. Multiple theories exist as to why, whether it be the lack of sticky stuff, the pitch clock, or pitchers&#8217; training regimens. Prior said in the interview that these injuries are not coincidences, but that they are working to examine what they have in common in order to address them.<\/p>\n<h3>The Good News<\/h3>\n<p>The Dodgers pitching coach did say that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/glasnty01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Glasnow<\/a> who went on the IL with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/13\/dodgers-tyler-glasnow-setback-simulated-game\/\" target=\"_self\">elbow tendinitis<\/a> will start throwing in January and be ready for spring training. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/01\/dodgers-kershaw-have-surgeries\/\" target=\"_self\">Other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/12\/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-third-silver-slugger-award\/\" target=\"_self\">injured<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/17\/dodgers-tony-gonsolin-close-return-tommy-john\/\" target=\"_self\">pitchers<\/a> from this season, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kershcl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Kershaw<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maydu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dustin May<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gonsoto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Gonsolin<\/a>, will likely return in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, by then, the majority of these injuries will have a solution, not only for the Dodgers, but for every team in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said that the team&#8217;s staff will meet after Thanksgiving to solve pitching injuries in the organization. Prior, who appeared on the Dodgers Territory podcast on Monday, said that the organization is&#8221;&#8230; committed to see if we can find something common in the way we are developing guys&#8221; \u00a0starting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":89946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1071],"tags":[97,1750,3207,28809,2178,1245],"class_list":["post-89923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","tag-clayton-kershaw","tag-dustin-may","tag-jack-flaherty","tag-mark-prior","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-tyler-glasnow"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}