Largely depends on the arm action of the offspeed stuff and scouts/coaches have made some serious

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Posted by JoeDaddy on 2010-08-17 14:48:10
In Reply to: I thought it was the offspeed stuff that hurt an arm? posted by The Lucky Cap on 2010-08-17 14:35:49

strides in teaching mechanics. etc. to reduce the wear and tear of traditional off-speed pitches/breaking balls. It's the HARD breaking stuff that's nearly impossible to soften the blow on the arms of these guys nowadays. A 95 mph slider or 92 mph splitter are gonna get you no matter what- ask a big ol' horse like Eric Gagne, Kerry Wood, Brad Penny, etc. That's why a guy like Josh Johnson probably has a closer expiration date on him than an older Barry Zito.

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re: lincecum's velocity loss on his fastball. i just heard about this website. - juan 2010-08-17 09:45:25 (136 views)
- Read somewhere else that Timmy's velocity is UP on his other pitches. Will look 4 it. - Psyched 2010-08-17 11:07:28 (56 views)
  - 4 posts below....Lincecum debate - ucsbben 2010-08-17 13:21:42 (45 views)
- again, I think his mechanics are out of whack... simplest and most likely explanation, IMO... - shikantaza 2010-08-17 10:15:02 (73 views)
- he's just worn that arm out....nothing more to it.. - Dean 2010-08-17 10:02:04 (76 views)
  - his arm can't be worn out if he's throwing a lot less fastballs. - juan 2010-08-17 10:04:44 (56 views)
    - I thought it was the offspeed stuff that hurt an arm? - The Lucky Cap 2010-08-17 14:35:49 (49 views)
      - Largely depends on the arm action of the offspeed stuff and scouts/coaches have made some serious - JoeDaddy 2010-08-17 14:48:10 (136 views)

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