Comments on: Cubs made offer “well above” five years, $30 million to Jeff Samardzija http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/cubs-made-offer-well-above-five-years-30-million-to-jeff-samardzija/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 07:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tuberippin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/cubs-made-offer-well-above-five-years-30-million-to-jeff-samardzija/comment-page-1/#comment-457472 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:44:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=313956#comment-457472 Certainly is. It doesn’t take a specialized license to note that the overhand motion of pitching is anathema to proper biomechanical movement.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/cubs-made-offer-well-above-five-years-30-million-to-jeff-samardzija/comment-page-1/#comment-457469 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:31:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=313956#comment-457469 I was just clarifying the relative risk and reward….I really think it is pitching that causes injuries, no matter if you do it as a starter (when guys don’t throw max effort) or as a reliever (when guys tend to throw much closer to max effort).

]]> By: tuberippin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/cubs-made-offer-well-above-five-years-30-million-to-jeff-samardzija/comment-page-1/#comment-457436 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:37:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=313956#comment-457436 I wasn’t trying to say that such a fact devalues your point; rather, I was attempting to convey that injuries to each type of pitcher do not occur “about exactly as often” for one as for the other.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/cubs-made-offer-well-above-five-years-30-million-to-jeff-samardzija/comment-page-1/#comment-457331 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:35:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=313956#comment-457331 Considering that starters average throwing 3-6 times as many pitches as relievers, that’s a pretty good gamble then, isn’t it? 300-600% of the return with only a 50% increase in risk of going on the DL.

]]> By: tuberippin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/cubs-made-offer-well-above-five-years-30-million-to-jeff-samardzija/comment-page-1/#comment-457303 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:06:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=313956#comment-457303 Annually (as of last season), 50% of starters go on the DL with an injury, while only 34% of relievers do.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/cubs-made-offer-well-above-five-years-30-million-to-jeff-samardzija/comment-page-1/#comment-457221 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:43:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=313956#comment-457221 Wait a second….you are telling me that he moved from the bullpen to the rotation, and not only did his arm not fall off, but he thrived? No freaking way!

Note that this happens all the time, people just ignore the fact when there is no injury….which is most of the time….as injuries occur to these guys about exactly as often as they occur for guys that stay in the bull pen.

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