05-01-2017, 07:02 PM
Quote:Smoltz crushed it in that quote.
Guessing that you are referring to the following
"As John Smoltz noted in a recent piece by Ken Rosenthal for FOX Sports, too many young pitchers are trying to max out, trying throw with 100% effort all of the time. Pitchers, of course, like Syndergaard.
“(In the past), each pitcher was given the opportunity to learn what kind of pitcher they were going to be,” Smoltz said, “Now they’re all robots.”
“I call it the red-line factor. When you keep running your engine above the red line, you’re going to blow it out. If you race your car hard for too long a period, it’s going to overheat. We’re getting dangerously close to every pitcher red-lining when he doesn’t really have to. They’re not preparing to learn how to pitch like it’s a six-gear car. They’re always in sixth gear. Never in fourth or fifth.”"
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