Jim Tracy Pulls A Trey Hillman

After throwing 128 pitches in his no-hitter a few days ago, Ubaldo Jimenez threw 121 pitches today against the Nationals. That can't be good for Ubaldo's arm going forward.

about 2 years ago KCBear 7 comments 0 recs |

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Gil Meche

sees nothing wrong with that

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 22, 2010 7:28 PM EDT reply actions

I'm Pretty Sure

Nolan Ryan approves.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Apr 22, 2010 8:02 PM EDT reply actions

Just because Meche got hurt doesn’t mean everyone will react the same way. This is still a 26 yr old kid who’s been very healthy in the past and is entering his prime—-definitely not the same situation as Meche last year.

He had three straight over 115 last year. Thinking of other tall, lanky, hard throwers:

Halladay did 110 & 120 as a 26 yr old, Sabathia threw 241 IP, and Randy Johnson was a madman at that age (eight of nine in a row over 120+, including a 151). Granted Johnson’s age 26 year was 1990, and for some reason pitchers can’t throw remotely close to the same amount as they used to, despite the lack of evidence supporting the trend.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Apr 23, 2010 12:07 AM EDT reply actions

You may be right

I just vaguely remember some sort of study about how the vast majority of pitchers see a sharp drop in performance after consecutive 115+ pitch outings. I’m sure that’s not true of everyone, and i guess we’ll see how it affects Ubaldo in the next few weeks.

by KCBear on Apr 23, 2010 3:05 AM EDT up reply actions