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Rays put in some work, I would rather have Dunn but I'm sure Pat the Bat is a better price.
The Major League Baseball Off-Season Post Vol. 24 days until Opening Day 2009
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by wildkycat,
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Mez 0ne wrote:
Bad mechanics yeah but not specifically to those examples he listed, it could be a whole range of things.
Its whatever though I'm not in the mood today, I'm just waiting for some football tomm.
How would you know? Honestly?
I have read so much about the subject, Tom Houses stuff, Mike Marshall's and Chris O'leary have produced so much information on the subject thatpitching injuries are no longer the mysterious thing that they are made out to be by the common baseball fan.
Heilmen is in the bullpen right now but it may delay his decline but at some point he is going to get injured. Their are some people who pitch for a long timewith borderline mechanics (Glavine and Pedro) but in the end it still comes to bite you eventually.
At this point I realized it's pure douche baggerey to go about mechanics like this so I'm going to stop.I will only bring it up when people make false claims or ignorantclaims.
FRANCHISE 55 wrote:
Osh Kosh Bosh, you might've mentioned it before, but what do you think about Lincecum's mechanics? I've read the SI article and all the other stuff about his mechanics, but I was just interested to see what you thought about it.
A while back I made a thread where claimed that "Tim Lincecum has the perfect mechanics". Upon further examination that that statementfalls apart. Tim Lincecum is the best at what he does, which is efficiency. Getting the ABSOULUTE most out of every fibre in you're body, as I've saidmany times you pitch with your body and NOT with your arm. Tim usese his 175 pounds to the abousulte fullest.
You see the abount of tilt he gets?? When you combine that with a rediculous stride (longer than his hieght), max effort, high tempo and his sweeping leg plantyou get 98 mph. Tim is a certified beast.(I drafted him with last pickof my fantasy draft.) Also people tend to make the point about the plunging thing he does with his arm and call it wild. This is wrong, Gregg Maddux used theplunge, Tom Glavine used a plunge David elss used a plung, they it's pretty common among pitchers and it won't affect his long term health.
The Bad?
The number one rule about a healthy arm action is your pitching arm has to be vertical by the time your foot hits the ground and your hips and shoulders beingto rotate.
You can see hear his arm is not vertical causing the him to rotate hard with the rest of his body putting stress on the elbow and shoulder. It's not a hugeconceren, some pitchers like Tom Glavine and Pedro had the same very borderline arm action and pitched realativly injury free till the end of their career whenthey started breaking down. The only probalem with that is Timmy is a MAX EFFORT pitcher who employs a much faster tempo this could accelerate the deeriorationof his shoulder/elbow.
Final Verdict: I would be slightly worried his problem is not as severe but it would lead to problems down the line.
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[h1]Milton Bradley Signs With Cubs[/h1]
By Tim Dierkes [January 5 at 3:10pm CST]
According to ESPN Radio's BruceLevine, the Cubs signed Milton Bradley to a three-year, $30MM contract "with some options in the deal." Bradley, 31 in April,had a monster .321/.436/.563 line this year for the Rangers, but he spent only 165 innings in the field. This is the first multiyear deal of his career. Ifhe stays healthy, the switch-hitter will give the Cubs balance in the middle of their order.
By Tim Dierkes [January 5 at 3:10pm CST]
According to ESPN Radio's BruceLevine, the Cubs signed Milton Bradley to a three-year, $30MM contract "with some options in the deal." Bradley, 31 in April,had a monster .321/.436/.563 line this year for the Rangers, but he spent only 165 innings in the field. This is the first multiyear deal of his career. Ifhe stays healthy, the switch-hitter will give the Cubs balance in the middle of their order.
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^ What makes them think he is going to stay healthy plying in the outfield.
Over/Under 90 games till Milton gets injured.
DeadsetAce
Supporter
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man are we STILL talking pitching mechanics????
i kid
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[h1]Giambi To A's Imminent?[/h1]
By Tim Dierkes [January 5 at 3:38pm CST]
According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the A's have made significantprogress in their talks with Jason Giambi. He says a deal appears imminent. Mychael Urban heard today that the A'scould sign Giambi this week, possibly for one year with an option.
By Tim Dierkes [January 5 at 3:38pm CST]
According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the A's have made significantprogress in their talks with Jason Giambi. He says a deal appears imminent. Mychael Urban heard today that the A'scould sign Giambi this week, possibly for one year with an option.
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Billy Beane
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Boras was just on MLB network...
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^what the douche say
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[h1]Phillies' Romero Suspended 50 Games[/h1]
By Ben Jones [January 5 at 9:26pm CST]
The Philadelphia Phillies might need to pick up some help for their bullpen after reliever J.C. Romero found out he has beensuspended 50 games by Major League Baseball.
Romero failed a drug test, though he denies doing anything illegal.
"I still cannot see where I did something wrong," Romero told ESPN.com's Peter Gammons. "There is nothing that should take away from the rings of myteammates. I didn't cheat. I tried to follow the rules."
Gammons notes that Romero will lose $1.25MM.
By Ben Jones [January 5 at 9:26pm CST]
The Philadelphia Phillies might need to pick up some help for their bullpen after reliever J.C. Romero found out he has beensuspended 50 games by Major League Baseball.
Romero failed a drug test, though he denies doing anything illegal.
"I still cannot see where I did something wrong," Romero told ESPN.com's Peter Gammons. "There is nothing that should take away from the rings of myteammates. I didn't cheat. I tried to follow the rules."
Gammons notes that Romero will lose $1.25MM.
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KLJ is gona lose it when he sees what Pat went for...
SMH. THAT WOULDA BEEN PERFECT.
SMH. THAT WOULDA BEEN PERFECT.
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read the article.....MLB screw up
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KLJ is gona lose it when he sees what Pat went for...
Man...
To be fair, though, I'm not even sure we have $8 million to shell out right now.
7. David Dellucci 3,750,000 9. Masahide Kobayashi 3,000,000 11. Jamey Carroll 2,150,000
I'll give Haf a chance to redeem himself before I complain about his contract, too.
We definitely need to add an arm, but I have no idea who.
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i was reading that dustin pedroia is gonna be on the cover for mlb the show 09..
has anyone heard this also?
btw burrell shoulda gone to the mets, woulda made more sense, he loves playin there
has anyone heard this also?
btw burrell shoulda gone to the mets, woulda made more sense, he loves playin there
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And I get my answer.
[h1]http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/01/indians-in-seri.html[/h1]
[h1]http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/01/indians-in-seri.html[/h1]
[h1]Indians Sign Carl Pavano[/h1]
By Tim Dierkes [January 6 at 2:21pm CST]
2:21pm: Crasnick says the Indians signed Pavano to a one-year deal. He gets $1.5MM guaranteed plus another $5.3MM in possible incentives, according to Troy Renck.
I like it. It sure beats the hell out of $40 million.
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I like it. It sure beats the hell out of $40 million.
Pavano
TURRIBLE!!
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tell me about it...
i'm reading more and more about Baldelli to the Reds, and based on what Burrell got, we can make it a cheap deal, considering his health.
not many more options out there.
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Was Baldelli ever really good?
Bend_The_Knee
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before he got injury proned yea...
he looked like he was on his way
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Royals
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| YEARS | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2.76 | 162 | 629 | 92 | 177 | 34 | 6 | 19 | 85 | 33 | 125 | 21 | 6 | .281 | .325 | .445 | .770 |
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That doesn't look good, that looks pretty bad actually like a broker Delmon Young.
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Oh, that's a "bad" season?
Edit: Make that a "bad" 162 game average?
Edit: Make that a "bad" 162 game average?
Royals
Keep waiting.
