Mechanics Revisited: Anthony Reyes

I've already talked about Anthony Reyes and his poor mechanics in the past, but as I was going through some clips of mine, I realized I had one from when he was pitching with Cleveland.

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Everytime someone on LGT projects Reyes as our # 3, 4, or even 5 next year, Kyle’s original article on Reyes is all I can think of.

Go Laffey, Huff, and FA!

by Ryan Kelsey on Dec 4, 2008 2:48 PM EST reply actions

Is the Scott Lewis/Meloan trade proposal a joke? I’m really asking.

If I’m Cleveland I take that trade and hire a good grand larceny lawyer.

by world dictator on Dec 4, 2008 6:09 PM EST reply actions

No clue how this got here.

by world dictator on Dec 4, 2008 6:11 PM EST up reply actions

Multiple tabs.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Dec 4, 2008 8:27 PM EST up reply actions

Kyle – is there hope for a guy like Reyes at this point is his career? Or is he just going to go from injury to injury until there’s no snap left?

by fleerdon on Dec 6, 2008 7:34 PM EST reply actions

Roger Clemens made a big mechanical change after he had surgery, but in general, no one meaningfully changes their mechanics because it is simply too difficult to re-learn how to throw a baseball again.

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by Kyle Boddy on Dec 6, 2008 9:56 PM EST up reply actions

Perhaps the Indians saw something in his mechanics that they believe they can fix. I doubt they’d just take Reyes if they didn’t think there was a potential upside.

by world dictator on Dec 6, 2008 10:18 PM EST up reply actions

a) We needed another starter last season.
2) The asking price was Luis Perdomo.

by fleerdon on Dec 7, 2008 9:48 AM EST up reply actions

Fleerdon nailed it right on the head. He’ll pitch for a few years, he’ll cost nothing, and he we gave up Luis Perdomo.

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by Kyle Boddy on Dec 8, 2008 1:29 AM EST up reply actions

As a strict hypothetical with no personal relevance to me at all, what if you’re a 24-year-old whose arm action has always been so bad — straight arm, wide open left shoulder, chin stuck out — that you kind of hope if you have kids that they don’t want to play baseball so you don’t have to ask a neighbor to play catch with them?

by fleerdon on Dec 7, 2008 9:52 AM EST up reply actions

Heh.

Speaking from personal experience, I had a terrible arm action that resulted in serious pain throughout my youth. After studying more in depth about biomechanics, strength/conditioning, and pitching in general, I reworked my mechanics to a serviceable degree. While I still have a lot of work to do, I can throw every day with no pain, and I like to think that I don’t look too silly on the mound.

Though throwing an iron ball into a net is a little weird…

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by Kyle Boddy on Dec 8, 2008 1:30 AM EST up reply actions

It’s funny, I was a center fielder and a pitcher back when I played. Pitching never hurt too bad, but if I had to make a lot of assist attempts, I’d always feel like my arm was going to snap clean off at the elbow.

I’d don’t play any more, but I’d settle for being able to get the ball across the infield without putting 20 degrees of arc on it. Do you recommend any sites or inexpensive resources for re-learning how to throw?

by fleerdon on Dec 8, 2008 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

Not really. Soon I’ll have another site up that details pitching mechanics for the layperson, but that’s a future project that I’ll promote on my site. If you want to keep an eye out, feel free!

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by Kyle Boddy on Dec 8, 2008 9:53 PM EST up reply actions