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This is all the more reason they needed affordable good pitching. Plus I agree with JR that long term high money deals for pitching fail often for a number of reasons, injury being a key one. The Sox dont run on a budget where they can afford that kind of an issue. It better to take the solid prospect and trade up. This is what the minor league depth is for.

I agree. It sucks to lose Dunning as I really liked him but if they were going to add someone of Lynn's caliber they needed to give someone of quality up.

Lynn is a really good pitcher for 8 mil for next year. We all know the budget is going to be really restrictive due to the lack off revenue this year. The rotation after Lynn leaves will be Giolito, Keuchal, Cease , Kopech and probably steiver or Lambert, unless they acquire someone else. They will use next year to get kopech and other up to speed again.

The budget.

Mostly clean up. Resected bursa, acromial bone spur and frayed labrum. He should fell a ton better.

A certain downtown hospital that shares a name with a university has a supply waiting a O'hare waiting for FDA approval. Others probably do as well.

This more because of 1, there are a lot more pitchers needed now so they can't afford to let all break down in the minors like they used to back then. Peter's philosophy won't work for many pitchers as they just break down. The other reason is the pitchers don't pace themselves anymore to throw that many pitches. They throw as hard as they can for as long as they can which only lasts 100-110 pitches at most.

I would like to think we have some ideas. Of course things change, its called the practice of medicine for a reason and we are always learning. Back when I started baseball players, especially pitchers didn't touch weights. One of the things Jose Canseco taught baseball is that it beneficial for baseball players to lift.

Not necessarily. You would need to see where the arm is in relation to when the foot is on the ground and how they bring their arm through. For example they may have the humerus in the same position but if the elbow is extended more their will be less stress on the shoulder. Unfortunately there are few black and white or good and bad items. You need to look at how the whole process blends together. In the picture Prior is lagging pretty far behind though.

Right. I don't think its that significant unless the arm drags behind too much and they need to flip from external rotation to internal rotation too quickly.

Verlander had a much shorter stride and didn't use his wrist to snap the curveball like the other two. Also I think your Prior picture look like it later in the motion as his foot looks down already where Dunning and Ryan have thier foot still off the ground. But that makes Priors arm rotation even later than any of them.

I understand what you're saying. If they have the upright L they still need to go from full external rotation to internal rotation which puts stress on the rotator cuff if the elbow extended a little more there is less stress. Of course you can't extend it too far then you put stress on the UCL. As I said its not awful to stay up like that, I'm just not a fan of making sure it stays there. I'm not really concerned with the late loading too much as long as they transfer the weight well. If it does happen too late then they do need to flip from external to internal rotation quickly and that could be an issue. No one should ever use Nolan Ryan as an example. He did a lot of stuff that put extra stress all over the place. He just genetically could do it . I've had many of discussions with Tom House who taught that approach for years. He started out at homewood flossmoor high school and still comes to the area. Thankfully his philosophy has lost prevalence over the last decade. The last pitcher to really follow that was Mark Prior.

There are very few pitchers coming up with a good follow through. The spin instead if finish straight towards the plate causes an increased torque and stress throughout the arm.

I'm not a big fan of the L for the elbow. It makes them flip the shoulder too much . I don't think the such is to big if a deal as long as the force is transferred properly. The primary reason for the increased velocity is the stupid spin with the follow through and the reversion back to the 4 seam fastball up in the zone in my opinion.

Not really. He stays on top of it pretty well from the few I've seen. For breaking pitches there I'd more stress on the elbow when you drop down or get on the side of it more. The research shows if your hands gets more than 11 inches from your head going laterally, you have a greater chance of injuring the UCL.

It will probably increase the chance. The more often he throws at max velocity, the more likely he is to have a UCL reconstruction. If they stretch him out but he continues to throw 100 as often as he can, he will get to the surgery sooner. I know everyone disliked cooper but one thing he did for most of his career was to have pitcher back off velocity to create movement. This protected elbows. It wasn't until the last few years when he started buying into the "analytics" that we saw pitchers throwing with max velocity consistently that the UCLs started occurring more often. You debate the effectiveness of each approach but one thing we know is that if you throw at max velocity for a large portion of your pitches, it is likely you will tear the UCL.

Your other option is to have the population dense coasts rule the country. There will never be a presidential candidate land a plane between NY and CA. The "fly over states" will truly become that politically. There will be no representation for these states.

Tempting because he will be on the field more.

This is correct.

They can't protect him if they don't know what's going on. If he doesn't tell the AT he's hurting, they can't help.

Great news. She is a really good person and has always been passionate about baseball. She will do an excellent job.

I thought I read that he was shut down due to an elbow issue. Neck pain could also be an issue as it can refer pain to either the shoulder or elbow. If its muscular that's a better sign as they can work with the scapula mechanics which is usually the cause of that type of neck pain.

Unfortunately that's 2 elbow issues in about 6 months or so that were severe enough that he needed to be shut down. Doesn't bode well for future health. He's going to need to really dial down the consistent velocity other wise he's headed for the knife.

With SF down Garropolo and Kittle, the game should be a 6-3 score.

Agreed. I really liked and continue to like his delivery and potential. He may not be TOR but he will at least be an MLB starter.