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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
There’s a lot of science to support the fact that baseball players put tremendous strain on their arms. instances of Tommy John’s surgery have gone way up in the last few decades. Especially because velocity is such a huge factor now for pitchers.
There’s some other reasons why starting pitchers pitch less. Analytics show that you don’t want to face a rotation more than about three times or it makes it much easier on the batters.
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Agreed. Adding to your thoughts - Pitching (especially at max effort) is an extremely unnatural thing for an arm to do.
Starters rarely pitch at max effort and are still at major risk to arm damage due to overuse.
Relief pitchers often rely on max effort pitching to allow them to be successful with 2 or maybe 3 types of pitches. If they aren’t able to give 100%, their performance can be significantly impacted because a 2-3 MPH loss or a small change in the movement could make them extremely hittable as well as putting them at significant risk of injury.