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Reply to "Total annual pitch count question"

What I am trying to say is there is no “normal” across the population of 17-18 year old pitchers.  I don’t doubt that someone at some point may have put a number in writing but its just not a number that can be applied to such a physically diverse population with any amount of accuracy.

For example, my son’s high school team had eight varsity pitchers in this age range that threw 100 pitches or more this season.  Not a single one of them prepared the same before the season, do the same pregame warm up or post outing recovery. They have different body types and throw within a range of low/mid 70’s to low 90’s with varying levels of stamina.  No two of them would have the same workload capacity in a given year.  I think two of them could handle 3,000 pitches this year while a couple on the low end might not make it to 500 pitches a year without breaking down.

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