The Blame Game

"Gibbs" commented:
"There are only so many talented pitchers around. Just like there are only so many top level golfers or tennis players. With 30 teams all with staffs of around 13 pitchers each there simply aren't enough quality arms to go around. You can't necessarily develop top level talent. Some of it has to be God given talent to start with."

my response:

Scouts would argue that there is more than enough talent...it's up to player development people to develop that talent. The 50% injury rate is primarily due to poor mechanics in one or more of the phases in their delivery. Just fyi, the majority of relievers (not all) were starters at one time, but failed at correcting their mechanical flaws. As a group, they also a have a high injury percentage during the season.

I spent 8 years splitting time between 2 professional baseball organizations, and I heard the scouts and the player development people continually blaming each other for the failings of the organizations…ad nauseum.