There's enough fire to this that there must be something to it. It'll be interesting to hear the explanation on why Bruce is worth it in their opinion. Now if we were also getting Cingrani or someone like that, it would make a (little) more sense.
I'm not sure so much about fat necessarily as opposed to bulk that doesn't affect their pitching motion. I agree that it seems the skinny guys either tend to get injured more, or lose velocity faster.
I think it depends who you're facing (although certainly you'd be happy to chase any starter by run scoring). Go against a true ace, and running up the pitch count isn't a bad strategy.
When I tore up my shoulder, I would get significant amounts of pain from simple things like pushing open a door or raising my arm above my head, but no pain from most other motions. That lasted for about 2 years or so after injury.
This has been going on for centuries. It isn't going to stop any time soon. People either are scared by and attack what they don't understand, or they try to jamb it into their limited view of how things work / should be.
You could argue his approach improved quite a lot in the second half last year. He may not have increased his walk rate, but he did significantly improve the K rate.
This was Hutch's fastball usage last year.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/profile.php?player=571800&gFilt=&pFilt=FA|SI|FC&time=month&minmax=ci&var=count&s_type=2&startDate=01/01/2015&endDate=02/06/2016&balls=-1&strikes=-1&b_hand=-1
I meant that I have 3 guys with 2b eligibility. I'm not sure what kind of playing time I'll get on two of them, but I should be able to get decent production between them if I pay good attention.