Monday, April 29, 2013

MLB's Broken Wings


Fifty percent of starters and 34 percent of relievers will go on the DL every year.

 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/tom_verducci/04/17/closers/index.html#ixzz1wxG71F1w

Generally, many pitchers' mechanics in the big leagues are flawed... to the point of it's not whether or not that they'll break down, but when. Here's hoping the MLB organizations will hire (more) competent minor league pitching instructors in the future so they can supply their parent clubs with quality arms that can carry the expected workloads. Absolutely, this is a fixable problem.

The Baltimore Orioles are working on it as they are the only organization that films every pitcher on every level. They digitize the videos and run them through their bio-mechanic software program and provide the pitchers and pitching coaches the information.

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