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Reply to "Freshman pitcher Oregon State overused to win championship needs Tommy John surgery"

19coach posted:

:95 pitches in a win over Mississippi State on Saturday, June 23 to reach the CWS finals against Arkansas
– 23 pitches during an inning of relief against Arkansas on Wednesday, June 27 to keep it a 1-run game
– 129 pitches in shutout win over Arkansas on Thursday, June 28

He also threw 58 pitches in 4 innings of relief, picking up a win over Washington on June 18. All told, he pitched 21 innings and threw 305 pitches over four appearances at the College World Series, all in an 11-day span. That’s simply overuse".

 

I don't get the overuse angle... 

That's very heavy use, for sure.  Lots of high stress pitches to win the CWS  I don't think we are far from marker-less bio mechanical  measurements or wearable technology that will measure pitching stress and compare it to a baseline.  Doesn't mean a coach wouldn't throw a kid a lot, or that the kid would care.

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