Ex-pitcher sues Alabama baseball coaches over alleged mishandling of damage

Former Alabama pitcher Johnny Blake Bennett is suing his previous school baseball coaches for allegedly mishandling his damage and ending his scholarship, according to the Tuscaloosa News.

The go well with alleges that former supervisor Brad Bohannon, pitching coach Jason Jackson and athletic coach Sean Stryker mishandled the previous pitcher’s rib damage in 2019, after which he knowledgeable the employees he was experiencing an issue along with his arm.

Bennett was reportedly later identified with thoracic outlet syndrome and had surgical procedure for it in March 2020.

Simply two months after the main surgical procedure — which utterly derailed the careers of famous person pitchers Matt Harvey and Stephen Strasburg — the lawsuit claims that Bohannon known as Bennett to inform him Alabama wouldn’t be renewing his scholarship.

Bennett then transferred from the SEC powerhouse to a two-year faculty, Pensacola State School.

He would withdraw from the general public school, citing “intense, aggravating concern of failure and nervousness every time he pitched,” the lawsuit states.

His ultimate cease was a short-lived stint at Jacksonville State, however he was later dismissed with out clarification in Could of 2022, simply two days after enjoying his former workforce, the Alabama Crimson Tide.

“I’m not suing the College of Alabama or AD Greg Byrne. They’ve insurance policies in place to guard student-athletes. Sadly, in my case, the coaches and trainers ignored these insurance policies,” Bennett stated in an announcement to 247Sports.

The protection motioned to have the case dismissed, which shall be selected at a June 20 listening to.

“The College doesn’t touch upon pending litigation, however appears to be like ahead to sharing the precise info with the court docket,” the Alabama athletics division wrote in an announcement to the Tuscaloosa Information.

“Gosh, I actually want I may discuss some specifics,” Bohannon stated after Alabama’s loss to Auburn on Friday. “I actually want I may. However sadly, you already know, I can’t.”