Sports Illustrated columnist Tom Verducci makes a list every year of the young MLB pitchers who he believes are vulnerable to a drop in performance and/or an injury due to what he calls “the year after effect” — the rest of the world has, in turn, termed it “the Verducci Effect.”
This year, young guns Noah Syndergaard (Mets), Luis Severino (Yankees), Lance McCullers (Astros), Carlos Martinez (Cardinals), and Tyler Duffey (Twins) are all on Verducci’s list.
How could those pitchers have avoided being on that list? [Read more…]