Are Power pitchers born or made?

[RynMan]

The arms are born, the pitchers are made.

That pretty much sums it up.

[baseball6791]

The arms are born, the pitchers are made.

That pretty much sums it up.

Yup

[RynMan]

Thanks for the comments. I'm curious though have you guys seen pro pitchers jump from 7 k's/9 to 9k's/9? I'm curious if there is a fairly deep precedent for doing what Brett Myers did last year or if he will regress back to the mean. Thanks

Peavy went from 7.21 in '03 to 9.36 in '04.

In '05 he had 9.58 K/9.

Using Peavy as an example, it's possible Myers improves next season.

Thank you David. This was exactly the type of example I was looking for when I posted this topic.

How about Ben Sheets coming out of nowhere:

2002: 7.06
2003: 6.40
2004: 10.03
2005: 8.10 (injured during season)

That is a ridiculous jump in K/9 between '03 and '04.

[Music2004Man]

Thanks for the comments. I'm curious though have you guys seen pro pitchers jump from 7 k's/9 to 9k's/9? I'm curious if there is a fairly deep precedent for doing what Brett Myers did last year or if he will regress back to the mean. Thanks

Peavy went from 7.21 in '03 to 9.36 in '04.

In '05 he had 9.58 K/9.

Using Peavy as an example, it's possible Myers improves next season.

Thank you David. This was exactly the type of example I was looking for when I posted this topic.

How about Ben Sheets coming out of nowhere:

2002: 7.06
2003: 6.40
2004: 10.03
2005: 8.10 (injured during season)

That is a ridiculous jump in K/9 between '03 and '04.

Wow, good call on that one too RynMan. I don't think Myers is there yet but I would love to see him jump into Peavy/Sheets territory. It can only help if the fences get moved back in Philly (which is currently being discussed). As a Phils fan I'd love to see him take another step forward.