Post by rjp313jr on Apr 19, 2017 9:32:59 GMT -5
Just heard this on the radio which spurred this in my mind. The studies have been around a few years now and I recently heard of another one but the old school thought that pitching from the windup helps a pitcher create more velocity is being debunked. Now more and starters are pitching exclusively from the stretch. It is an interesting trend and I wonder if it will really take off and the windup will become the exception as opposed to the rule. It's a lot easier to repeat your delivery from the stretch and eliminating a lot of unnecessary movement should help pitchers.
Buchholz's turn around last year coincided with his decision to move away from the windup. Strasburg, Darvish, Carrasco and Thor are some of the starters who no longer use the windup.
Maybe a guy like Henry Owens should be making this change, rather than constantly changing his delivery.
Buchholz's turn around last year coincided with his decision to move away from the windup. Strasburg, Darvish, Carrasco and Thor are some of the starters who no longer use the windup.
Maybe a guy like Henry Owens should be making this change, rather than constantly changing his delivery.