Jacob deGrom's Elbow Injury, Alek Manoah's Reset & A Barreling Surprise

Eno and DVR discuss Jacob deGrom's upcoming elbow surgery, the outlook for his future as he tries to return in late 2024 or early 2025, the Blue Jays' attempt to press the reset button for Alek Manoah, the struggles of slow tempo starting pitchers in Year 1 of the pitch clock, the rebound of José Berríos, Austin Hays' big barrel rate improvement, and looking at recent snapshots of Statcast data in hopes of spotting trends.

Rundown

0:53 Jacob deGrom to Have Another Elbow Surgery

6:14 Planning for the Eventual Comeback

13:10 Injury Risk Tolerance is Relative

15:33 Examining Slow Tempo Starting Pitchers

20:33 Who Else Has Struggled This Much and Made It Back?

27:03 Losing Stuff & Recovering It

32:56 Buying the José Berríos Rebound?

36:03 Austin Hays' Big Barrel Rate Improvement

48:36 Splitting Statcast Numbers Into Smaller, Most Recent Samples

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