Can a Baltimore fan (and ballerina) ask a question?

[Sparkly]

First post in this forum! You are welcome to pity me for being an Orioles fan this season, and it's probably not too early to feel sorry for me for being a Ravens fan after the first few games, and most of the team out with injuries already...

I have a question about injuries. I never played sports, but I was a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer and company director for many years.

First, baseball (I will get to football in a second). I keep wondering about the multiple Orioles pitchers who are out for half a season or much more, for the same elbow ligament. Is it common, and the Orioles just don't prepare enough other pitchers? Or is it something in the way the O's pitchers are coached?

Now football. A huge part of the Ravens team is out with injuries, this early! Other than Madubuike being out for the year from a neck injury (!!) Harbaugh isn't sharing a lot. We do know:
Broderick Washington is out for 4 weeks from an ankle injury; Ronnie Stanley also has an ankle injury, and Ar'Darius Washington injured his Achilles. Marlon Humphrey and Patrick Ricard both have calf injuries. Travis Jones has a knee injury, and three players have hamstring strains or injuries: Roquan Smith, Kyle Van Noy, and Lamar Jackson!.

Other than Madubuike, only one of our injured players is hurt above the knee: Nate Wiggins has an elbow injury.

I never played sports, and this is only my 3rd year watching football. But if I had a group of dancers, and a significant number of them developed any kind of injury, I would definitely examine precisely how we were teaching ('training') them, first of all. Is it normal for this many injuries to occur (especially in their lower legs), and at this rate?? What are other teams doing right that Ravens are doing wrong, or is it just bad luck? Are they not practicing enough at a variety of maneuvers to change direction and avoid hits to their legs?

Thank you to anyone who might indulge me in a real answer!!