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Originally Posted by packs
I don't think there's any one thing that causes a pitcher to get hurt but there's lots of little things you can usually spot. Like with Syndergaard; who in their right mind thought it was a good idea for him to bulk up the way he did? How could he possibly preserve his arm and look like that? And how did it benefit him in any to be a pitcher that bulked up?
Lincecum was obviously a mechanics issue. Despite what he thought were "perfect mechanics" he was destroying his hip.
Same with Prior. A guy thought to have "perfect mechanics".
I just think the pitchers who tend to suffer injury after injury aren't as much pitchers as they are throwers. A guy like Maddux didn't get hurt. He wasn't out there throwing though. He knew how to pitch.
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As I recall several of DeGrom's injuries were from batting not pitching. Just a delicate guy.
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