re: Pitching staff injuries

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I agree with this to an extent. There definitely has to be some offseason strength program, but how do you handle different lifestyles and cultures? Playing other sports... other life events... or simply letting a kid be a kid. How do you balance the crowd who says "all this baseball is just too much" while also telling the kid he has to keep up with this training and strength schedule when he's not playing baseball?

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All valid points. My main focus in that last point was on the elite guys. The ones that are now headed to college, in college and beyond. Those are the ones the OP was discussing. They absolutely should be focusing on preparation, much more so than younger kids.