Wartburg freshmen throws almost 300 pitches in 2 days

[shakinthefat]

I heard Wartburg freshman threw over 180 pitches Monday night and then threw over 100 pitches last night. He is only 14 is that to many picthes?

 

Be careful what you "HEAR". Sometimes you hear voices and you end up on coach t telling people about them.

[redkuda]

183 in 3 days even is way too much. Any kid that throws say 75-100 pitches needs at least 3 days rest to recover properly. If he threw maybe 60-70 on day one then he might could do 30-40 on day 2 or 3 but you're gonna kill his arm if you do more than that. Especially if he's throwing curves a lot.

[MJBASEBALL95]

Just depends on what hand he wipes with

Should have known there would have been some asinine comment from you on this topic!!

[redbird9]

183 in 3 days even is way too much. Any kid that throws say 75-100 pitches needs at least 3 days rest to recover properly. If he threw maybe 60-70 on day one then he might could do 30-40 on day 2 or 3 but you're gonna kill his arm if you do more than that. Especially if he's throwing curves a lot.

 

not if he gets the next few days off. In Japan they dont stress a pitch count. Look at Daisuke Matsuska's interviews about it and he'll say how he would throw 150 one day and three days later go 120. And nobody thought a thing about it. Maybe its just an American mental thing

[shakinthefat]

not if he gets the next few days off. In Japan they dont stress a pitch count. Look at Daisuke Matsuska's interviews about it and he'll say how he would throw 150 one day and three days later go 120. And nobody thought a thing about it. Maybe its just an American mental thing

 

There is a BIg difference between a professional major league pitchers vs a 14 yr old freshman.

Matsuska's growth plates are fully developed, whereas this Wartburg freshman's growth plates are not.

Matsuska's has a training staff that will take care of his arm after 150 pitches, the Wartburg freshman might put a bag of "sonic" ice on his elbow.

A lot of Japanese pitchers don't throw overtop....less stress on shoulder...more pitches.

You are not comparing apples to apples.

[redbird9]

he did this in high school ---> (5 or 6 paragraphs down) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2669791

although he was a few years older and playing at the "Sarasota" or "Farragut" of baseball. But your point still stands that he probably had 10x more care taken to his arm. But if this kid only threw 185 in 3 days he should be fine.

[OleTiger]

I did some checking and called a couple people I know from Wartburg and Coalfield. They both said the kid threw between 170-180 pitches in a game in the freezing cold Monday night and it didnt end til bout 11:30. He then picthed between 95-105 pitches on a game atht started 530 on Wednesday.

[GOgetta12]

ole tiger wb put ur team out of tournament. could it be u want to cause them some distractions before their region game on monday? If u have a problem with their coach his number is n the phone book give him a call. of course u will have to let everyone know who u are if u do that. Instead of tryin to take down someone elses team u could offer ur expertise to the sb nation. surely they have some room for improvement.