Keith Law's video of Stephen Strasburg.

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Thanks Aztec

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a pitcher work so fast.

Strasburg…That arm is your lottery ticket. No flag football, no bike riding, no basketball at the gym.

Protect the cannon.

We got to see a couple pitches from the stretch in the warmups. I would love if somebody would get an interview with Randy St. Claire and ask him what he thinks of Strasburgs motion. But that ain’t gonna happen. I imagine he’s not allowed to discuss it…but I bet he looks at every game tape and salivates.

by RoscoeNats on Mar 25, 2009 8:23 AM EDT reply actions

Whatever you do...

Don’t watch the Driveline Mechanics video…I won’t even link to it, cause I don’t want to see it again…

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Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Mar 25, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions

This will make you feel better.

This fellow has a masters in biomechanics from Cambridge University and wrote his thesis on predicting soft tissue failure. He knows what he’s talking about. Kyle Boddy does not know anything about predicting injuries. And you won’t find any real scouts that think the inverted W (or M) is a real flaw in a pitchers mechanics.

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by Tyler on Mar 25, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Jim Callis

Jonathan (Atlanta): Seems like there is alot of attention on the internet about Strasburg and the "invereted W". Is it a big deal? If it was such a big deal, why would we not hear more about it from scouts?

SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:47 PM ET ) I actually wrote a column about this that should be posted on baseballamerica.com today or tomorrow. One internet site came up with the inverted W and a lot of bloggers seem to have run with it. We’ve talked to 10-20 scouts about Strasburg, and none of them is worried about his mechanics. I joked with Keith Law that he didn’t mention the inverted W (isn’t that an M?) in his Strasburg blog on ESPN.com, and Keith’s reply was that it didn’t exist when he saw him. Could Strasburg get hurt? Sure, but that’s true of any pitcher. Scouts don’t think his delivery puts him at risk, and yes, that’s still no guarantee he’ll stay healthy.

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by Tyler on Mar 25, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions