“This might finally be a wakeup call.” This article was originally published on www.si.com as There’s a Clear Root to the Injury Issues Plaguing Pitchers.

And compared with buying bottled water, using a water filter pitcher is substantially more affordable (we did the math). You might want to have certain substances removed from your drinking water ...

They trumpet how “careful” they are with their pitchers – reduced pitch counts, more rest between starts, avoiding using a relief pitcher for a third straight day, etc. It’s largely eyewash.