Under The Knife 4/13/22

Injuries on the Side

There have been 13 oblique strains in MLB since the start of the season, less than a week ago. In spring training? One, which overlaps. What changed and what could be causing an outbreak of oblique strains around the game?

First, the pattern is that there’s no pattern. It’s not one team, one position, or any clear ‘one thing’ in terms of the injury. Whil…