Official 2012 MLB thread

[Cosmic_Cannon]

@EV

Unless we get blown away by an offer, he's not getting traded this year.

Wright has a option for next year, this is valid, if we have him for next year. Wright would have more value as a year long rental, as opposed to being a half-year rental for this year.

 

[IceBergTaylor]

Kuroda looked solid today, Pujols was shook on that breaking ball

 

[rice n gravy]

which makes Lincecum delivery even more funny when he does all that just to get lite up

 

[rice n gravy]

Hamels use to throw what Lincecum throwing now then the next year this man topping 96 mph and sht lol

 

[Cosmic_Cannon]

These Cardinals Jerseys are clean as hell

Spoiler

 

[FroHawke]

I read somewhere that the way majority of MLB pitchers throw just puts major stress on their elbows. And Lincecum's motion may be problematic...I'll try to find the article tonight...was pretty interesting

 

[FroHawke]

Here it is...it's long, but its a good read:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7...s-underlying-biomechanical-flaw-espn-magazine

Excerpts

EVERY PITCHER no matter his age, generates enough force on each pitch to rupture the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow. It's a scary thought, for sure, but also an easy one to forget in the idyllic, emerald-grass setting that is Viera, Fla. Though Washington Nationals spring training has only just begun, a healthy crowd has turned out to watch fireballer Stephen Strasburg throw today's bullpen. It's been 18 months since the Nationals star underwent Tommy John surgery -- the reconstruction of that oh-so-delicate UCL -- at the age of 22; note the four-inch scar on the inside of his right elbow. Strasburg, who's known for touching 100 mph, doesn't disappoint. The fans, with their noses pressed through the chain-link fence, are thrilled. The Nationals, with their $15 million starter back on the mound after a year on the disabled list, couldn't be happier. He looks exactly the same as he did before his elbow blew up.

And therein lies the problem.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -- multiple biomechanics experts interviewed for this story

Stephen Strasburg, drafted No. 1 in 2009, has yet to pitch a full season. Some biomechanical experts see his strained motion and worry he never will.

To throw a baseball properly, a pitcher must get into the right position at the right time with the right succession of movements, like dominoes falling. Disruptions in this kinetic chain, as experts call it, cause problems at the weakest link, most often the elbow or shoulder.

"I'm not going to let new-school ways get in the way of my old-school thinking. I don't need biomechanics. I have experience. I have my eyes. I just watch and look." -- White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper

Independent coach Paul Reddick compares pitching mechanics of the near-perfect Greg Maddux with the near-disaster Stephen Strasburg.

Baseball, it's been said, is the only thing besides the paper clip that hasn't changed. And in the case of MLB pitching mechanics, the status quo is stickier than pine tar. Whether you're a pitcher, scout, coach or GM, the goal is to keep your job and win baseball games -- not shift paradigms

 

[#1 pick]

Velocity is about Stride Length , Hip explosion , and Release point ........ Tim does all that correctly , so it's either his off season program he's not doing correctly anymore or has something in his shoulder that he's not telling anyone , cuz his drop in Velo is very weird for some1 in their prime

I agree and it's not just him either. Tommy Hanson velocity has went to shit as well. I am really trying to understand this but I can't.

 

[Cosmic_Cannon]

Is anybody winning like Matt Kemp?

He smashed Rihanna; his team is in 1st place, he's having a hot start, AND he was on the cover of Forbes?

Spoiler

 

[greenwood1921]

I hope Kemp and Heyward take over the league.

 

[Cosmic_Cannon]

Oh yeah Giants did some damage, by locking up their young ace Madison Bumgarner for an extra 5 years, that's a power move right there.

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

My White Sox got annihilated in the 10th inning, they cant be losing to teams like the Orioles if they go compete with Detroit

 

[northside7]

Oakland As fans packin the stands lmao! 3rd game of season too

lol Looking like one of those Florida Marlins games...

 

[infamous114]

Oakland As fans packin the stands lmao! 3rd game of season too

lol Looking like one of those Florida Marlins games...

That's the key word lol...Miami Marlins games are drawing more people...

 

[rage]

#Jays...

 

[infamous114]

Hanley's picking it up...dude's been murking the last few games

 

[peagle05]

im just hoping for a wild card with the brewers this year...smh

 

[TheBossman]

lol@ the red soxs 18-3?

 

[detcatinva]

lol@ the red soxs 18-3?

lol yup the they gonna quit on bobby v

 

[peagle05]

lol@ the red soxs 18-3?

lol yup the they gonna quit on bobby v

shit wasnt damn near the whole locker room questioning dude calling out youkilis?