THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Injury Zone

Josh keeps pumping out the great work:

...total movement is actually more important than speed.

I’d think not only as a predictor of injuries, but of fatigue as well.  My guess is that the pitcher, knowing he doesn’t have as much bite on his pitches, will “reach back” for a little extra.  He gets the speed where he wants, but not the movement.