Comments on: Pitching Health, Part 1: Q and A with Will Carroll http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: ICBIRDFAN http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/#comment-14758 ICBIRDFAN Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:21:18 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=954#comment-14758 Maddux: I wonder what that guy has done from age 7-41? He has only hit the DL one time and it was the 15 day DL for a sore back. Is arm helth a genetic thing? I just don't get it, but if it is all about preperation I would do exactly what Mr. Maddux does. Maddux:

I wonder what that guy has done from age 7-41? He has only hit the DL one time and it was the 15 day DL for a sore back.

Is arm helth a genetic thing? I just don’t get it, but if it is all about preperation I would do exactly what Mr. Maddux does.

]]> By: SleepyCA http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/#comment-14757 SleepyCA Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:06:13 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=954#comment-14757 I understand the concept of the Verducci rule, but I really can't understand the reasons behind it. Is it that pitching "x" innings builds muscles or strengthens tendons that can't be built/strengthened any other way? Or that pitchers "learn" to pitch while tired or worn out? If the former, it seems that a low-impact method of "exercising" whatever causes this effect to happen in the off-season would be something every single team would be looking for... I understand the concept of the Verducci rule, but I really can’t understand the reasons behind it. Is it that pitching “x” innings builds muscles or strengthens tendons that can’t be built/strengthened any other way? Or that pitchers “learn” to pitch while tired or worn out?

If the former, it seems that a low-impact method of “exercising” whatever causes this effect to happen in the off-season would be something every single team would be looking for…

]]> By: the red baron http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/#comment-14756 the red baron Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:49:14 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=954#comment-14756 Nice interview; thanks to Will for doing it. You do realise that O'Leary's going to flip out when he reads that Clemens/Maddux comment. Nice interview; thanks to Will for doing it.

You do realise that O’Leary’s going to flip out when he reads that Clemens/Maddux comment.

]]> By: Lou Schuler http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/#comment-14754 Lou Schuler Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:05:13 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=954#comment-14754 What I wonder about with the Verducci Rule is how a team should apply it in the playoffs. Would you ever shut down one of your best young pitchers in the playoffs, since there's a statistical trend that suggests more innings will cause lasting damage to his arm? Or do you do whatever it takes to win now, fully understanding the risk to the pitcher's health? What I wonder about with the Verducci Rule is how a team should apply it in the playoffs.

Would you ever shut down one of your best young pitchers in the playoffs, since there’s a statistical trend that suggests more innings will cause lasting damage to his arm?

Or do you do whatever it takes to win now, fully understanding the risk to the pitcher’s health?

]]> By: ICBIRDFAN http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/#comment-14753 ICBIRDFAN Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:29:20 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=954#comment-14753 Think they will ever raise the mound again? I know the theory is a higher mound may save a few shoulders here and there. Think they will ever raise the mound again? I know the theory is a higher mound may save a few shoulders here and there.

]]> By: BigJawnMize http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/#comment-14751 BigJawnMize Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:25:45 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=954#comment-14751 The "Rule of 30"--I have heard it described as the 20% barrier--is a really important guideline, people totally underestimate this concept. My major concern with it though have always been with how to establish the baseline for high-school pitching prospects using this rule. I was just wondering, if Will happens to check in, generally what innings count should be used for high school prospects advancin from the high school games to rookie ball. The “Rule of 30″–I have heard it described as the 20% barrier–is a really important guideline, people totally underestimate this concept. My major concern with it though have always been with how to establish the baseline for high-school pitching prospects using this rule. I was just wondering, if Will happens to check in, generally what innings count should be used for high school prospects advancin from the high school games to rookie ball.

]]> By: tom http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/28/pitching-health-part-1-q-and-a-with-will-carroll/#comment-14750 tom Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:23:33 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=954#comment-14750 Wonderful interview. I agree wholeheartedly about what he said in regards to Reyes. Wonderful interview. I agree wholeheartedly about what he said in regards to Reyes.

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