Trevor Bauer's Rookie Mistake

[ucahogfan]

After throwing the 1st strike of his ML career to Michael Bourn of the Braves, he threw the ball into the Atlanta dugout instead of his own.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/arizona-trevor-bauer-tosses-special-ball-wrong-dugout-153036445--mlb.html

Also, here is a short video of his pregame warmup antics.  He has to be long-tossing at least 300 and probably closer to 400 feet.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22662767&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_22662767&v=3

[bsking]

Yeah.  He warms up for about an hour and a half before starts.  I can promise you that AZ will have that toned down soon.

[Chief_Osceola]

He is a HUGE proponent of long-tossing.  I believe he told Arizona that if they tried to tone down his warmup routine and long-tossing, that he didn't want them to draft him.  His argument is that long-tossing is what allows his velocity to stay where it's at, and if that's taken away that he'll lose velocity and thus become less effective.  I tend to agree with Bauer.

[ucahogfan]

He is a HUGE proponent of long-tossing.  I believe he told Arizona that if they tried to tone down his warmup routine and long-tossing, that he didn't want them to draft him.  His argument is that long-tossing is what allows his velocity to stay where it's at, and if that's taken away that he'll lose velocity and thus become less effective.  I tend to agree with Bauer.

I'm a huge proponent of long-tossing as well.  There would be times on days that I started in high school that I was long-tossing close to 300 feet.  It is the best way to build arm strength and keep velo up.  I read an article recently about how some teams have their farm system on a throwing program that was designed for pitchers coming off Tommy John (Pirates were one of the main ones).  It is called the 120 system I think.  If I can find the article again, I'll post it.  It was really interesting to read.  I enjoy watching pitchers being able to warm up how they choose to and I think long-toss is one of the best ways to get your arm truly loose before an outing.

[Chief_Osceola]

I'm a huge proponent of long-tossing as well.  There would be times on days that I started in high school that I was long-tossing close to 300 feet.  It is the best way to build arm strength and keep velo up.  I read an article recently about how some teams have their farm system on a throwing program that was designed for pitchers coming off Tommy John (Pirates were one of the main ones).  It is called the 120 system I think.  If I can find the article again, I'll post it.  It was really interesting to read.  I enjoy watching pitchers being able to warm up how they choose to and I think long-toss is one of the best ways to get your arm truly loose before an outing.

Agree completely.  I think I've seen the article you mentioned, and I've done some considerable research into the merits of a good long-toss program.  I've implemented a program into my son's USSSA team and have seen improvements in velocity and stamina across the board.  The biggest issue I see is when players don't do the program correctly, i.e. not throwing with good mechanics or overdoing it, whether by throwing too much or at too great a distance too soon.

[ucahogfan]

Agree completely.  I think I've seen the article you mentioned, and I've done some considerable research into the merits of a good long-toss program.  I've implemented a program into my son's USSSA team and have seen improvements in velocity and stamina across the board.  The biggest issue I see is when players don't do the program correctly, i.e. not throwing with good mechanics or overdoing it, whether by throwing too much or at too great a distance too soon.

I agree about being worried about how the mechanics are done.  When I long-tossed, I kept it at a range I could reach in the air on a line.  I know rainbows for the long-toss will increase arm strength some, but the real value of long-toss IMO is when you throw as far as you can on a line.  In Bauer's warmup video, his long-toss has a little rainbow on it, but he is throwing it so far it has too.  He is throwing it on a line for that distance.  My sophomore year I was throwing 78-80, and started a good long toss program and was 82-84 as a junior and 86-88 my senior year.  A good long-toss program really helps.

[ucahogfan]

Here is the article I was talking about earlier:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8012095/baseball-pitch-counts-shifting-wisdom-best-training-arms