Tommy's Got a Gun… Or Does He?

For generations, baseball expected pitchers to finish what they started. Four-man rotations. Complete games. Heavy workloads.

Today, pitchers throw fewer innings than ever before, operate under strict pitch counts, and benefit from advanced biomechanics, sports medicine, strength training, and sophisticated player monitoring.

So why are arm injuries occurring at historic levels?

Has baseball's pursuit of velocity fundamentally changed the game? Is the radar gun measuring greatness—or influencing how pitchers are developed? What role do mechanics, workload, recovery, specialization, genetics, and modern training actually play?

Drawing from baseball history, medical research, biomechanics, and decades of professional scouting and coaching experience, Tommy's Got a Gun… Or Does He? examines one of baseball's most important questions:

Are we asking the right questions about why pitchers get hurt?

Rather than promoting simple answers, the book challenges readers to think differently about the evolution of pitching, the pursuit of velocity, and the future of arm health.

Coming Soon · Hardcover · Joel D. Bradley with Ray Crone