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Don Cooper,Cheap Houston Astros Hats, the pitching coach of the White Sox,2009 World Baseball Classic sale, thinks Stephen Strasburg’s mechanics will lead to more shoulder problems:
White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper,San Francisco Giants Hats sale, speaking to MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM on Thursday,Arizona Diamondbacks Hats, voiced a concern that some pitching gurus previously noted about Strasburg’s manner of throwing a baseball. As he loads the baseball,Monster Energy Hats wholesale, his elbows raise higher than his shoulders — forming what pitching coaches call an inverted W — and the back of his shoulders pinch toward one another in the “scap loading” portion of the delivery. Such a delivery,Cheap Minnesota Twi, some pitching coaches believe, puts him at greater risk of shoulder fatigue.
This will be something to watch as Strasburg progresses. Verducci makes a very good point about Cooper’s credentials,From Chaotic Mess to Organized Success with the Pu, given the number of 200 inning seasons he coaxed out of his staff.
Cooper called it “an upside-down arm action.” One major league pitching coach years ago told me about the exact same concern about Mark Prior — before Prior broke down.