re: Pitching staff injuries

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Also, the Japanese league doesnt believe in rest or pitch counts like we do here, and their injury rate is far lower.

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hmmm

Are japanese Pitchers ar Greater Risk for injury?

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There are currenty seven Japanese-born pitchers on MLB rosters, with Hiroki Kuroda returning to Japan for 2015 and Daisuke Matsuzaka doing the same. Among the seven pitching in the MLB this upcoming season, the pending Darvish surgery means that four of the seven will have had Tommy John. That does not include Matsuzaka who also previously had the operation. Additionally, by adding Tanaka’s partially torn UCL and the fact that Koji Uehara has previously landed on the DL with an elbow sprain, a common precusor to Tommy John, six of the seven pitchers have had previous elbow issues. Although the sample size is extremely small, the fact that so many of these Japanese arms have had these issues is alarming. The question that follows is whether we can find something in these pitchers that might be the reason for the increased prevalence of injury.

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The issue with pitch counts and innings, however, might not be at the professional level, but at the high school level. Marathon pitching performances are common at the high school level and the pitchers often gain fame as a result of their efforts. As this article discusses, many young Japanese talents will throw well over 100 pitches in a game and return the next day and throw over 100 again. Daisuke Matsuzaka reportedly threw 250 pitches over 17 innings in one day as an amateur. Japanese coaches argue that if mechanics are correct, throwing that many pitches does not put the player at greater risk. Yet these Japanese pitchers are breaking down more frequently than the typical MLB pitcher, and this could be a result of the incredible amount of stress put on their arms as young players.

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Here's a medical study talking about japanese players having more shoulder issues and American players having more elbow issues. TFWIW
Biomechanical Differences Between Japanese and American Professional Baseball Pitchers

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Not if a premium is put on throwing has hard as possible for as long as possible

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Wow! No words.

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Ok so I missed some guys

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You were probably referring to a post I made answering the Southern University troll when he asked me how many LSU pitchers have had TJ surgery in the last five years. He claimed it was a lot of pitchers.

I told him two, Doug Norman and Eric Walker.

Did you take your TD screen name from Chris Cotton pitching for LSU?

And was all sec in 2013... cotton was king... past tense... he was king in 09? No. He was king in 11? No.

How can, in summer of 2011, you pretend that cotton was king, as in Chris cotton. I'm not as gullible as you. Its an obvious reference to American slavery. Its obvious that you are trying to provide cover for the username. Try your passive aggressive line on someone else. It doesnt even make sense.

Racist vibe? Are you telling me that I’m missing out on racist baseball threads?!?!?!

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How can, in summer of 2011, you pretend that cotton was king, as in Chris cotton.

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He had pitched for 2 seasons for LSU by then.

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I'm not as intelligent as you.

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FIFY

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Its obvious that you are trying to provide cover for the username.

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Nope, I'm just curious about the origin of his screen name. That's why I asked him and not YOU.

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Try your passive aggressive line on someone else.

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You obviously don't know what "passive aggressive" means. You need to learn to use it correctly since you've used it incorrectly repeatedly. Let me guess, you read that term somewhere and you use it because you believe it makes you appear to be intelligent. It doesn't. I gives the exact opposite impression.

I want to see the pretzel you twist yourself into explaining to any reasonable person how Chris's cotton was king in summer 2011... did the poster have a time machine?