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that the pitcher holds the ball.
Obverse of that being Brandon Morrow, who even this year has fanned about 70 guys in 60 innings while losing all the time.
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No matter how strong a guy is, throwing the ball from foul line to foul line ... as you know, if he gets to the rubber and is then not extending the elbow, then he's accelerating the ball along a much shorter distance... If you can get to 93 with a short delivery I'll take it all day long...
Unlike my man Doogie who has a 20-foot Catwoman's Whip delivery and maybe touches 89, coming up with a sore shoulder :- ) ...
The long-toss remark reminds me of the "late-1st-round-at-best" pygmy the Giants drafted ... throwing 300 feet with no pain the day after 140 pitches, and they were still sweating his durability...