Best lefty off all time? My vote is Koufax!

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

These specimens also seem to be injured a lot more, although that's an anecdotal observation on my part. There are times it seems the great DeGrom can't go three starts without hurting himself?

See, you get what I'm trying to say in thinking of pitchers as more like machines, and how even though the taller pitcher has a physical advantage, when he starts to get over a certain height that pitching ability actually drops quickly it seems. And along with pitching velocity, there may be a breakdown and more wear on a taller pitcher's biomechanical machine/body the longer and harder they continue to throw. That was what I was referring to when talking about a sweet spot/range in size and height for a pitcher to maybe still throw at a fairly high velocity, but also be able to pitch for a longer, extended period without suffering injuries or the inability to continue pitching at such a high level for very long. I get it that the height of the average MLB pitcher has slowly been going up a few inches the last few decades, but is that because the bigger, faster, stronger = better argument is really true, or is it maybe more from the fewer and fewer innings starters seem to be pitching anymore, so they don't injure/wear out their arms. These modernists talk about what an old time picther couldn't do if they transported him to the game today. Maybe they also should start asking what a modern pitcher couldn't do if they transported him back to a time when pitchers were supposed to complete their games. I can already picture these old time players fouling off pitches and running up pitch counts on them once they figure out some fireballer from the future seems to tire out a lot faster than pitchers they're used to facing.

Shoot, now there I go thinking about that human element again, instead of just trusting everything my friends the statisticians have told me because they are so smart and know so much more about everything. Oh foolish me, how could I ever doubt them?