DOES SIZE MATTER FOR PITCHERS?

[Rico The Retard]

in the long run, LOGIC says it has to

Who's logic? Yours?

How about this: We create a league with just you and me in it. I'll take Pedro Martinez and Billy Wagner. YOU take Brian Lawrence and Jamie Moyer. At the end of the year, whoever is better wins.

that

So you agree to those terms? I take Pedro, Wagner, Kazmir, and Santana; you take Lawrence, Moyer, Sabathia, and Colon?

DK i wouldnt do it, hes goin kill you

[DK]

i can admit i am wrong
i said a poll would show the truth... but there has only been 11 votes
i just dont see how pedro will improve to win 4 more cy youngs and last until 40

I never said he'd do the exact same thing Clemens does; quite the contrary, Pedro has said he doesn't want to pitch to 40. But I'm saying that he's still a great pitcher, and will continue to be a great pitcher for a few more years.

[Mookie4ever]

I vote for DK. Whatever side he takes.

[CameronCrazy]

Dk you win. i concede.
i would beat you in a fantasy league though

[DK]

Dk you win. i concede.
i would beat you in a fantasy league though

Takes a big man to admit it. Lord knows I wouldn't have.

Maybe if you were lucky.

[KolbSaves]

To clarify what I meant: Everything else being equal, a taller pitcher has an advantage.

[RyanK]

To clarify what I meant: Everything else being equal, a taller pitcher has an advantage.

yes, if that was what they were arguing about then, Cameron would be right. But they also need to take skill into consideration, yes you can have short (under 6 ft, since we seem to be using 6 ft as the barrier) pitchers who are finesse pitchers more so than power pitchers. but all skill aside, a taller pitcher will have more advantage than a shorter pitcher.

why do you think they have the mound raised, to help the pitchers.

it is harder for a batter to pick up the ball coming from a taller pitcher, also the taller pitcher has more of a downward motion than a shorter pitcher...


some were in there you can get pieces of logic... otherwise its just rambling

[NZF]

A taller pitcher must have an advantage with leverage as a more solid framed pitcher would have an advantage with strength and maybe stamina. As we all know however, there is so much more to pitching than just leverage and strength.

Odalis Perez at 150 pounds vs Sidney Ponson at 270

Mark Hendrickson at 6 foot 9 vs Roy Oswalt at 5 foot 11

[This is the year]

I'd have to agree with KolbSaves here.

Biomechanics is a very complicated science. How a guy of Pedro or Billy Wagner's size can throw in the mid-high 90's is a mystery to me, but the fact is that there are many small pitchers who can light up the gun.

HOWEVER

There's loads of intuitive and anecdotal evidence to support that, all other things being equal, a taller frame can throw a ball with greater velocity. So, does size matter? Yes, and no. Larger-framed athletes are more likely to be able to throw higher speeds, but it is by no means a hard and fast rule that flamethrowers have to have big frames. You can't make a normative statement like "Guys with bigger frames should be able to throw harder" when not taking into account their mechanics, strength, etc.

[RyanK]

and to answer the question, no size does not matter, theres just more advantage to being taller