re: How long is Paul Skenes arm going to hold up?

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Based on the fact that pitchers throw every pitch at max effort, w/as much velo as possible, which puts undue strain on the elbow/arm.

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Do you actually believe skenes is throwing every pitch max effort in the minors rn tho when noone is hitting him anyway?

I think he'd be hitting 103 if he was throwing max effort

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Based on the fact that pitchers throw every pitch at max effort, w/as much velo as possible, which puts undue strain on the elbow/arm.

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That isn't new. What is new the lack of coaching proper pitching form and teaching kids to throw curves and sliders at too young of an age. Also the ridiculous push to bring release points down to 3/4 or lower. It is all idiotic.

The Japanese have proven massive pitch counts aren't harmful on their own. There are always extenuating factors that are to blame.