You see the trend, what to do with Sale, quickly, as in now.

[TheVulture]

Originally Posted by DonnieDarko

Maybe I read what you posted wrong, but from my limited understanding of anatomy, you can't really "strengthen" ligaments.

I think you read it wrong, he said the muscles attached to the ligaments need to be strengthened.

Personally, I think signing Sale to a long term deal would be too risky at this point. I would give him two more years and then think about it.

[DonnieDarko]

Originally Posted by TheVulture

I think you read it wrong, he said the muscles attached to the ligaments need to be strengthened.

Personally, I think signing Sale to a long term deal would be too risky at this point. I would give him two more years and then think about it.

Indeed I did read it wrong. Whoops.

And I wouldn't say 2 years, really. Hell, in my opinion, if he can do what he did last year or better in 2013...I'd say lock his skinny ass up as soon as possible. Doubly so if he goes so far as to win the Cy Young.

[blandman]

Originally Posted by TheVulture

I think you read it wrong, he said the muscles attached to the ligaments need to be strengthened.

Personally, I think signing Sale to a long term deal would be too risky at this point. I would give him two more years and then think about it.

Yeah, but it's still confusing. Someone rail thin can't significantly strengthen the muscles around ligaments like the original poster is implying unless you add a significant amount of weight (which is what RJ did). Think about it. Being tiny but as cut as possible isn't going to do you much good with that violent a motion, the muscles can only get so strong without mass.

[Falstaff]

Originally Posted by blandman

Yeah, but it's still confusing. Someone rail thin can't significantly strengthen the muscles around ligaments like the original poster is implying unless you add a significant amount of weight (which is what RJ did). Think about it. Being tiny but as cut as possible isn't going to do you much good with that violent a motion, the muscles can only get so strong without mass.

Hi. Muscles attach to tendons. Ask Roger Clemons what happens when you make the muscles stronger faster than the tendons (as with PEDS). Remeber 2005? He blew out leg tendon for this reason.

Ligaments attach one bone to the other at joints. They take hella strain too.

Best plan would be for Sale to use liberal Ben-Gay or Oil O'Wintergreen and get the juices pumping before each start. And work on the off-speedo junk, like forkball, knuckle-curve, sloshball to gain command of low speed low stress ways to get hitters out. When you try to throw 97mph all the time, it gets to be more like 91.

[Mr. Jinx]

Originally Posted by Falstaff

Hi. Muscles attach to tendons. Ask Roger Clemons what happens when you make the muscles stronger faster than the tendons (as with PEDS). Remeber 2005? He blew out leg tendon for this reason.

Ligaments attach one bone to the other at joints. They take hella strain too.

Best plan would be for Sale to use liberal Ben-Gay or Oil O'Wintergreen and get the juices pumping before each start. And work on the off-speedo junk, like forkball, knuckle-curve, sloshball to gain command of low speed low stress ways to get hitters out. When you try to throw 97mph all the time, it gets to be more like 91.

Sale is also only 23 and still growing. I would think trying to put on a few pounds and strengthen himself is a better course than learning junkballs at this point.

[CoopaLoop]

Is there any precedent for this type of deal with pitchers?

[Nellie_Fox]

Originally Posted by Falstaff

And work on the off-speedo junk, like forkball, knuckle-curve, sloshball to gain command of low speed low stress ways to get hitters out. When you try to throw 97mph all the time, it gets to be more like 91.

I'm under the impression that the forkball/split finger is VERY hard on the elbow.