THE FIX Podcast
Episodes
Will Jarrod Parker Need a Third Tommy John Surgery?
1THE FIX SEASON 2 EPISODE 12 Two injuries are discussed in depth by Joe Janish and baseball pitching motion expert Angel Borrelli. First, the broken elbow suffered by Oakland ...
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Interview with Dr. Glenn Fleisig – Baseball Biomechanics Expert and ASMI Research Director
1THE FIX SEASON 2 EPISODE 11 In this episode, Joe and Angel interview Dr. Glenn Fleisig, Research Director for American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) and the foremost expert ...
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Interview with Baseball Dad: Father of Joe DeMers
0The Fix Season 2 Episode 10 What's it like to be the parent of one of the top high school players in the country? How do you protect the arm of a star pitcher from being ...
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Getting Over the Front Leg for Pitching Velocity Part Two
0The Fix Season 2 Episode 9 In this episode, Joe Janish and Angel Borrelli discuss updates of pitchers from previous episodes, such as Homer Bailey, Jonathon Niese, Justin ...
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Baseball Pitching Velocity Tip: Get Over the Front Leg
0THE FIX: Season 2 Episode 8 In this episode, Angel and Joe discuss the myriad arm injuries suffered by MLB pitchers in the first week of the season -- Angel provides several ...
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Pitching Velocity: How the Ball is Accelerated
0THE FIX: Season 2 Episode 7 As The Fix podcast closes in on 5,000 all-time listens, Angel and Joe go back to the very first two episodes, which focused on Angel doing detective ...
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A Velocity Tip That’s Better Than Weighted Balls (and Safer)
1In Season 2, Episode 6 of The Fix, Joe Janish and Angel Borrelli discuss in detail Justin Verlander's triceps cramp, why it happened, his risk of continuing to pitch with it, how ...
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Zack Wheeler Didn’t Need Tommy John Surgery
1The New York Mets announced that Zack Wheeler underwent successful Tommy John surgery to repair his UCL and a torn flexor tendon. That's good news. However, Wheeler could have ...
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Could Tom Seaver Have Been Even Better?
0Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver won 311 games and struck out over 3600 batters in his 20-year MLB career, relying on guts, guile, and pinpoint command of four pitches -- ...
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Should Pitchers Throw Through Soreness?
0Baseball pitching motion expert Angel Borrelli and Joe Janish discuss the rash of pitching injuries suffered in the first week of 2015 spring training games. Is long toss a good ...
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Homer Bailey’s Mechanical Flaw and How To Fix It
2Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey has had multiple arm issues throughout his big-league career, and many of them can be traced to mechanical flaws in his pitching delivery. ...
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Why So Many Pitching Injuries This Time Of Year?
1SEASON 2 EPISODE #1 of THE FIX Angel Borrelli and Joe Janish start off season two of The Fix discussing pitching mechanics and injury prevention. The beginning of spring ...
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When Pitching Mechanics Adjustments Should Be Made, and Why They Can Be Dangerous
0THE FIX EPISODE #20 Pitching motion expert Angel Borrelli and baseball coach / blogger Joe Janish talk about the offseason for pitchers -- both healthy pitchers and those ...
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Why Pitchers Should NOT Play Other Sports in the Offseason
0THE FIX EPISODE #19 Pitching motion expert Angel Borrelli and baseball coach / blogger Joe Janish talk about MLB pitching injuries, how they may have occurred, and how pitching ...
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Offseason Pitching Programs and the Question of Long Toss
0THE FIX EPISODE #18 Pitching motion expert Angel Borrelli and baseball coach/blogger Joe Janish discuss the Mets' decision to stall Matt Harvey's rehabilition schedule based ...
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What Is A Pronator Mass Strain?
0THE FIX EPISODE #17 Pitching motion expert Angel Borrelli and baseball blogger Joe Janish talk about pitching mechanics. The show begins with discussion of Tyler Skaggs' ...
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The “Inverted W” Explained
0THE FIX EPISODE #16 Pitching motion expert Angel Borrelli and ESPN SweetSpot blogger Joe Janish start out by discussing the deceleration phase of the baseball pitching motion ...
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The 7 Unbreakable Rules for Summer Baseball
0THE FIX EPISODE #15 Summer baseball is here, so many boys and young men are playing on multiple teams and/or in tournaments -- making it the easiest time of year for pitchers, ...
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The Warning Signs and Precursors To UCL Injury
0THE FIX EPISODE #14 Sport kinesiologist and baseball pitching mechanics expert Angel Borrelli discuss Chad Billingsley's setback, including a description of the flexor tendon, ...
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Tommy John Surgery Rehabilitation Explained
0THE FIX EPISODE #13 Sport kinesiologist Angel Borrelli and baseball instructor / blogger Joe Janish discuss reasons why pitchers going through rehabilitation from Tommy John ...
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How MLB Can Help Prevent Pitching Injuries At All Levels
0THE FIX EPISODE #12 Sport kinesiologist Angel Borrelli and baseball instructor / blogger Joe Janish talk about Mets pitcher Dillon Gee and his latissimus dorsi injury. They ...
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Is Relief Pitching Riskier Than Starting?
0THE FIX EPISODE #11 Sport kinesiologist Angel Borrelli and baseball coach / blogger Joe Janish discuss Matt Harvey's return from Tommy John surgery, rehab from TJ surgery in ...
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How Pitching Mechanics Flaws Lead To Tommy John Surgery
0THE FIX EPISODE #10 Will you blow out your elbow and need Tommy John surgery? There are certain styles of mechanics that leave a pitcher more vulnerable to a UCL breakdown, if ...
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Takeaways From The Pitching Dilemma
0THE FIX EPISODE #9 Sport kinesiologist Angel Borrelli and baseball coach / blogger Joe Janish react to MLB Network's airing of "Roundtable: The Pitching Dilemma," during which ...
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Pitch Counts and Recovery: What Every Baseball Coach, Pitcher, and Parent Should Know
0THE FIX EPISODDE #8 Baseball coach/blogger and pitching mechanics expert / sport kinesiologist Angel Borrelli discuss the importance of recovery for a baseball pitcher. Toward ...
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Is the Change-Up Dangerous?
0THE FIX EPISODE 7 Sport Kinesiologist Angel Borrelli and baseball coach/blogger Joe Janish follow up on Episode #6 and further discuss the change-up and how it can be both ...
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Why MLB Pitching Coaches Should Not Fix Pitching Mechanics
1THE FIX EPISODE #6 Sport Kinesiologist Angel Borrelli and baseball coach/blogger Joe Janish discuss Matt Moore's elbow injury; whether the change-up is a dangerous pitch -- and ...
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What Is Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection?
0THE FIX EPISODE #5 Education, Solutions and Troubleshooting for the baseball pitcher featuring sport kinesiologist Angel Borrelli and baseball blogger Joe Janish. What is ...
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Post-TJ Surgery and Preseason Throwing Programs
0THE FIX EPISODE #4 Angel Borrelli and Joe Janish discuss what pitchers do after Tommy John surgery; Angel's perspective on a team's concern about "rushing a pitcher back too ...
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How Pitchers Tear the Ulnar Collateral Ligament
0THE FIX EPISODE #3 Angel and Joe discuss the rash of elbow injuries this spring and Tommy John surgery. Angel, a scientist, goes in-depth to describe the reasons pitchers tear ...
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Jonathon Niese’s Shoulder Injury: Part 2
1THE FIX EPISODE #2 In Episode #2 of "The Fix," Angel Borrelli and I follow up on Jonathon Niese's shoulder issue, and Angel -- a scientist and expert on human body movement as ...
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Jonathon Niese’s Shoulder Injury Explained – Part 1
2THE FIX EPISODE #1 New York Mets Pitcher Jonathon Niese has struggled with shoulder and elbow issues during 2014 spring training. He also suffered a partially torn rotator cuff ...
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