Don't rush: Being good at young age can be dangerous!

[Angrioter]

Rod Neyer

The bad news is that Jose Fernandez might be finished for a while.

The good news is that I'm not going to say I told you so, for the simple reason that I never told you so. But the only reason I didn't tell you so is because I didn't want to be a downer, man. Because I actually would have been surprised if Jose Fernandez did not get hurt. Let's see, who were the young pitching sensations of the last few years ... Stephen Strasburg (ELBOW) ... Matt Harvey (ELBOW) ... and Fernandez ( QUESTION MARK ELBOW).

I've got this theory that you're not really allowed to "break" baseball. If you're Strasburg and you're practically the best pitcher in the game when you're 21, something bad's going to happen. If you're Harvey and you're practically unhittable, something bad's going to happen. If you're Fernandez and you're 20 and you're making Clayton Kershaw look over his shoulder, something bad's going to happen.

 

These sorts of ugly thoughts are never far from my mind, but they've been especially close lately, since I just finished reading Dan Epstein's great new book about the '76 season. The biggest story that season was Mark Fidrych, who didn't make his first start until the middle of May but still went 19-9 and finished second in the Cy Young balloting. Fidrych won 10 more games in his whole career. Sinkerballer Randy Jones did win the Cy Young Award in the other league, and went 42-26 over 1975 and '76; he went 43-69 in the remainder of his career.

 

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http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/jose-fernandez-elbow-injury-tommy-john-surgery-baseball-breaks-young-arms-who-break-rules-051314

[eastcoastjaysfan]

I got a headache from reading that.

[connorp]

I thought this might be a thread about a story on ESPN today where a prep kid tossed 194 pitches in a game.. David Price tweeted him a congrats but said his coach should be fired..lol

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

I thought this might be a thread about a story on ESPN today where a prep kid tossed 194 pitches in a game.. David Price tweeted him a congrats but said his coach should be fired..lol

 

Wow that's a lot of pitches! Think I agree with price. Bet he isn't a knuckle baller or throwing a 50 percent or 50 mph either!

[Angrioter]

I thought this might be a thread about a story on ESPN today where a prep kid tossed 194 pitches in a game.. David Price tweeted him a congrats but said his coach should be fired..lol

 

I read that article. The catcher played for 17 inning behind the plate and then pitched 7 innings (doubleheader)

[connorp]

I read that article. The catcher played for 17 inning behind the plate and then pitched 7 innings (doubleheader)

 

Yeah actually the C was catching until the top of 15th in the first game and then relieved the kid that threw 194 pitches. The C ended up pitching the last 3 innings of that game then went on to pitch 7 more innings later that day in 2nd game of doubleheader. Crazy.

[Angrioter]

Yeah actually the C was catching until the top of 15th in the first game and then relieved the kid that threw 194 pitches. The C ended up pitching the last 3 innings of that game then went on to pitch 7 more innings later that day in 2nd game of doubleheader. Crazy.

 

It's like.............Carlos Rodon lol

[TheHurl]

Al Leiter threw 220 pitches in high school and he never had any injury issues...okay bad example

[Spoonovic]

Didn't Tanaka start two days in a row back in High School?

[Angrioter]

Al Leiter threw 220 pitches in high school and he never had any injury issues...okay bad example

 

"he biggest story that season was Mark Fidrych, who didn't make his first start until the middle of May but still went 19-9 and finished second in the Cy Young balloting. Fidrych won 10 more games in his whole career. Sinkerballer Randy Jones did win the Cy Young Award in the other league, and went 42-26 over 1975 and '76; he went 43-69 in the remainder of his career.

 

Nobody saw Fidrych coming. Jones had an absurdly low strikeout rate, even for that era. In their own ways, both broke the game. Then the game broke them."

[NorthOf49]

Hard to take this article seriously without any data being provided. Neyer just finds a bunch of young aces who got hurt in a 40 year sample. Okay.

[Angrioter]

Hard to take this article seriously without any data being provided. Neyer just finds a bunch of young aces who got hurt in a 40 year sample. Okay.

 

I respect Rod Neyer ... His work with Bill James in "The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers" is very good.

[Angrioter]

Tomohiro Anraku, Spring Koshien 2013 Results

Tuesday, March 26: 13 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 13 SO, 232 pitches

Saturday, March 30: 9 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO, 159 pitches

Monday, April 1: 9 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 138 pitches

Tuesday, April 2: 9 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO, 134 pitches

Wednesday, April 3: 6 IP, 12 H, 9 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 109 pitches

 

Sawamura 170 pitches

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