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Old 07-16-2006, 10:03 AM   #3
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Re: High School vs. College Pitchers viz. Surgery

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Originally Posted by dougdirt
I think he was making numbers up off the top of his head... there can not be a 60% difference. I highly doubt that colleges have better pitching coaches that can prevent these things in most cases.
He may have been, but it also might not necessarily be better pitching coaches but rather more physically mature arms. It also doesn't factor in pitchers in college who blow out there arms and are not subsequently drafted. But that might be a way of weeding out arms that were set to blow as minor league pitchers out of high school.

But you could be right.
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