This week on Injury Territory, a routine play turns into something much more serious as Cody Ponce suffers a knee injury that raises bigger questions about how and when pitchers get hurt. It’s the kind of moment that looks random until you start pulling at the thread.

From there, we zoom out to Toronto, where the Blue Jays are already trying to piece together a pitching plan under less-than-ideal conditions. With injuries mounting and timelines tightening, the challenge isn’t just getting arms back - it’s figuring out how to use them without making things worse. There are ways to bridge that gap, but they require creativity and discipline, two things that get tested early.

We also sit down with Dr. Tyler White to talk about blood flow restriction training, one of the more intriguing tools showing up in recovery and performance. It sounds unconventional, but the science is catching up, and teams are paying attention.

If you’re watching the game through the lens of health, workload, and what actually holds up over a season, this is one you’ll want to stay with.

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Will Carroll digs in on Jackson Chourio's surprising hand fracture keeping him away from the Brewers on Opening Day, discusses how the Pirates could help themselves after Paul Skenes' bad start, and with Max Scherzer using a piano to help his thumb, could FlexProGrip be a better solution for other pitchers than playing Chopin? Adam Moreau of FlexProGrip and the Layback Podcast joins to show off the device MLB teams and pitchers are using to prevent injuries. All on this episode of Injury Territory.

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It's almost Opening Day and with games about to start, some players won't be there. Spencer Strider and Trey Yesavage are sidelined, Zach Wheeler and Gerrit Cole aren't quite back, and we discuss. We take a look at whether the pitch clock hurts pitchers - you'll be surprised at the answer - and at the predictability of teams heading into 2026.

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Will Carroll talks Gerrit Cole's return to the mound, Jose Berrios' surprising elbow issue, and Seiya Suzuki's knee. Then, Will talks with Chuck Wolf, a movement and biomechanics expert, about what to look for and what he sees in some recently injured and top pitchers.

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Will Carroll and Edward Egros take a look at a spate of Red Sox injuries, how the Jays will adjust to rotation issues, and how the WBC pitching rules held back a great tournament.

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Did your team just lose it's best pitcher or top prospect to an elbow sprain? What is Tommy John and why do so many pitchers at every level have it? Why did the surgery Dr. Frank Jobe dreamed up in 1974 save baseball and what are the modern variants? Will Carroll explains why elbows break, how surgeons put them back together, and why it's so hard to keep them from breaking. It's an Injury Territory Explainer.

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Will Carroll walks everyone through injury situations involving Hunter Greene (Reds), Francisco Lindor (Mets), Aaron Judge, Carlos Rodon, Gerrit Cole (Yankees), Kyle Teel (White Sox), and watch all the way through for one more important injury discussion!

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Will Carroll is back in Injury Territory as Hunter Greene (elbow) and Jeremy Peña (finger) are dealing with new injuries while Jayson Tatum (Achilles) is ready to return to the Celtics and change the playoff outlook. Will also looks back at World Baseball Classic injuries and tries to see what that tells us about this year's version.

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