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re: Excuse my ignorance, did we always have pitcher injuries in the 90s and early 2000s?
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:36 am to Byrdybyrd05
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:36 am to Byrdybyrd05
I think it can be said the earlier decades did not have as many arm issues as we are seeing today.
It seemed like a lot of Skip's guys developed arm issues after leaving LSU (but maybe that's a misperception).
It seemed like a lot of Skip's guys developed arm issues after leaving LSU (but maybe that's a misperception).
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:38 am to BadaBingBadaBoom
And so many parents are disillusioned to extremes that they all think their kid just needs more camps, more games, more 1 on 1 to be the 2nd coming of Greg Maddux. They do nothing but live and breathe pitching, because they have to if they're going to stay competitive and get in front of scouts.
It never occurs to them that if their kid really were MLB talent, they wouldn't hardly have to work at it at all until college/minor leagues. Those extra camps and extra 1 on 1s aren't going to take a regular kid and make him into a big league arm, no matter what the coaches might say.
I was fortunate enough to get to play a few sports with a few people who had successfull professional careers. Once you see how much better they truly are compared to everyone else, with zero effort at all, you realize that despite what you've been told, you can't work your way into a major league bullpen. You've got to have the natural ability first and foremost and no amount of camp is going to develop that. If you do have that, the scouts will find you and will see it.
It never occurs to them that if their kid really were MLB talent, they wouldn't hardly have to work at it at all until college/minor leagues. Those extra camps and extra 1 on 1s aren't going to take a regular kid and make him into a big league arm, no matter what the coaches might say.
I was fortunate enough to get to play a few sports with a few people who had successfull professional careers. Once you see how much better they truly are compared to everyone else, with zero effort at all, you realize that despite what you've been told, you can't work your way into a major league bullpen. You've got to have the natural ability first and foremost and no amount of camp is going to develop that. If you do have that, the scouts will find you and will see it.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:40 am to Byrdybyrd05
High school ball plus travel teams places more wear-n-tear on the arm. Better to get pitchers from cold-weather states according to a friend that has coached baseball and runs a youth sports park.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:50 am to Byrdybyrd05
Yeah we did... but usually a couple of pitchers who scared you every time they entered a game during the regular season would suddenly become nails in the postseason.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:46 am to Byrdybyrd05
The arms race for every single pitcher especially righties to throw 90+ is what is causing it.
Not travel ball.
Not travel ball.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 10:47 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:47 am to Byrdybyrd05
Pitchers are throwing harder and more often. UCL Tears are an overuse issue and we’ve seen a rise in them in the last decade.
That’s across the country too.
That’s across the country too.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:53 am to SammyTiger
Yep. Go on instagram and watch the training videos of all these kids trying to throw 90+.
It isn’t travel ball causing this. It is that insanity.
It isn’t travel ball causing this. It is that insanity.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:55 am to lsu13lsu
They’re basically trying to uo the velocity in all their pitches while also working a ton of motion in all their pitches.
And probably throwing too much too often.
And probably throwing too much too often.
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