should baseball pitchers throw during off season workout?
485601
Every pitcher has his or her own routine. As an example, Mariano Rivera needs work to stay fresh. Last year when he didn't pitch over the winter, he got off to a slow start, eventually saving 20+ consecutive games. To each his own, I suppose.
515456
Strikeout is negative thing for batter. He is supposed to make contact with the ball. But the object for the pitcher is to make the batter miss or throw the ball over the plate between the batter's waist and his knee's. This is the typical "strike zone".. Miss the ball 3 times and you're "out"..If perhaps the batter after already having 2 strikes to the "count", he hits the ball, tipping it backwards, sorta like a foulball, but it goes right in to the catchers mitt, it's an automatic out.\n\nTeam's offense gets 3 outs per inning. Nine innings a game. 162 games in a season. Strikes...\nGood thing for pithcher to throw. Not really a bad thing for a hitter to get unless he gets three in an at-bat. \nPitchers objective-Throw strikes and get strikeouts or get the person to hit the ball to a player on the defense hopefully on a pop up or a ground ball to the infield for an easy out.. Do that alot and you are great pitcher.\n\nMerril must be a batter and strike out alot.
430341
Yes. There is nothing wrong with that. However, odds are you will probably lose the Wins and Strikeouts categories as you need to accumulate more innings to be competitive. You are better off starting your pitchers trying to win as many statistics as possible.
1046136
After any out with no one on base, the infielders throw the ball around. On a strikeout, the catcher has the ball, so he throws to the third baseman. On a ground out, the first baseman throws to another infielder before the ball goes to the pitcher. They don't do this with men on base, because the runners could advance on a bad throw or they could just steal.
726661
It is a baseball term.\n\nWhen there are no runners on base, a pitcher "winds up" to make a pitch, using his whole body to put more speed on the ball.  However, if there are runners on-base, it is easier for them to steal a base if the pitcher "winds-up".  To prevent this, a pitcher will throw "from the stretch" or "out of the stretch" meaning that he makes much less of a motion before throwing the ball.
657753
I am a sports trainer and you ice your arm after pitching because you are putting huge amouts of stress on your arm. The pitcher, unlike other players, is throwing many highspeed throws per batter whereas other fielders are through hard once or twice per batter. This shows that pitchers work much harder you ice your arm because if you did not then your muscle may tighten up and if you through more hard pitches with a tight muscle you greatly increase your chance of tearing or straining a muscle. By icing your arm you make it easier to throw more pitches in a shorter amount of time.
1092077
hell no....he's gonna start taking batting practice within the next 5 days.  you've had him on your DL for 2-3 months and this guy wants him when he's about to come off.  don't do it!
682313
It has happened before, but it is a rare event.  The problem with doing it is that you end up loosing more players, because, you bump the player at the position the pitcher goes to, and then have to bring in another player to play that position once he goes back on the mound.  \n\nAlso take into account the simple fact that pitching is just as much a mental as it is a physical thing, and that taking the pitcher out of the position even for a short time can cause him to loose that mental toughness.  Concentration is so critical for pitchers, and any inside game distraction such as asking them to play another position, even for just one batter, can break that concentration, causing them not to be as effective as normal.
440375
Team one decent batting, need pitching.\n\nTeam two good pitching, and decent batting.\n\nGet pitching now.\n\nQuarter way through season change some batting.\n\nI'm no expert, though I play and have a decent record.
563051
The situation might change. For instance, if there is only one runner on third base and the pitcher balks, there is suddenly nobody on base. There isn't much reason to intentionally walk a guy at that point. Other than that, I can't really imagine a time when you might do this.
236056
Arm velocity is different from pitch velocity. Stretching will increase the speed of motion of your arm, but won't necessarily increase pitch velocity, much of which is generated by the hips and legs. Building up lower body strength will give you more drive in your pitching motion, while forearm and wrist excercises will give you more of a snap on releasing the ball, which really aids pitch velocity. I'd rest alot too, in between throwing. You can lose as much as 5-7mph off your fastball by throwing too frequently; I'd advise at least a 2 day rest period.
304011
Stop getting hitting and get some solid pitching. The problem with pitching for the yankees is there is to much pressure. I have seen many a good pitcher crumble because of the pressure there.
774590
I'd say no to all .\n\nFirst quarterbacks practice their skills over and over and fine tune it. So do pitchers. Each in its own is a full time position with required rest periods. Each is considered the on field leader of the team. Pitchers and quarterbacks also develop different muscles due to the different throwing styles for each. \n\nas for your last part \nI doubt that any professional sports team will take the risk of their quarterback or pitcher being injured especially while competing in another sport, most contracts actually prohibit a lot of this nowadays.
585859
Well you have to understand what positions you are lacking in and sign some young fresh players that are hitting well, some pitchers would be heilman, lirano, tomko, and lieber. Some batters would be brossard, hanley ramirez, and brad wilkerson is starting to get hot. That or you can wait it out, but if you want to be a competitor i would recomend you start signing!
318606
Look on the waiver wire for hidden gems and trade Chris Shelton for a consistent fanstasy producer while Shelton has such a high value. Don't worry yet, their are still many more weeks. If your league plays SP's, RP's, then just P's for the P's use relief pitchers who appear in more games than starters
946566
It's covered under Rule 5.08 of the official MLB rules:\n\n"If a thrown ball accidentally touches a base coach, or a pitched or thrown ball touches an umpire, the ball is alive and in play. However, if the coach interferes with a thrown ball, the runner is out."\n\nSo, play would continue as normal assuming the coach didn't purposely interfere with the ball.
868510
Baseball players to get those powerful wrists and forearms do a special exercise...I watched an interview with Roberto Clemente 40 years ago, when the reporter ask him about his incredible powerful arms, Clemente showed him how baseball players do it...You can buy an expensive set or you can make your own...\n\nOf course this was back in the old days..LOL...But, Clemente had a 12 inch section of a broom handle with a hole drilled in it, a rope about the thickness of a laundry line was run through the hole and attached to a weight...What you do is hold the broom handle in both hands, out in front of you, then just using just your hands/wrists you roll the weight up and down...Start out light even 5lbs will get you started, then as time goes by move up in weight...\n\nYou do that for a year and you're going to have forearms like a blacksmith!! I started when I was 12,  by the time I played HS ball my forearms looked like popeye. This was back in the days when ballplayers didn't lift weights...I would suggest you don't "over-do" this type of exercise...A well rounded weight lifting regimen would be more beneficial to your game...\n\nI'm not saying don't do the exercise, I'm saying don't over-do it, mix in other weight lifting...Another great exercise for ballplayers>to strengthen your throwing arm is to attach a bungy type cord to a wall at shoulder height, then while standing, take the cord in you throwing hand, face away from the wall and stretch the cord out in front of you, the cord should stretch to the length of your reach with light not great resistance, vary the motion from a punching type(slow) motion to one of a more natural throwing motion...If you want to be a really good player don't forget the legs and work-work-work on the fundamentals, and just as important do them correctly...Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect..Good Luck