[Keegan Akin 2019]

2 hours ago, Jammer7 said:

From what I’ve read, seems like he hasn’t really worked on strength and conditioning. I remember his quotes referring to eating better or healthier habits. Granted, pitchers have a whole different type of workout they do when compared to position players. But Ortiz sure could stand to do some planks and some kind of low impact cardio and stretching program. Pilates...something. 

Yea, that's exactly what I'm thinking. If I was a pitcher, the only things I'm thinking about in terms of my body is having really strong legs, a really strong core, and being incredibly flexible/pliable. Unless you're David Wells, you don't deserve to be a big leaguer if you can't excel at basic stuff like body composition. It's insane to me.

[Keegan Akin 2019]

Referencing that article though, it seems like baseball players (especially pitchers), of all the sports, take conditioning the least serious. I know that pitching is as technical a thing as you will do in all of sports, but I also feel like if strength and conditioning was taken more seriously, it would add strength to other parts of the body (legs, core), take a little stress off the arm, and thereby reduce injuries.

Maybe it bothers me more than it should, but it just seems weird that some of the guys seem sorta nonchalant about conditioning and what not. I feel like it's helped guys like Arietta and Verlander stay injury free throughout their career. It boggles my mind to see guys like Chris Tillman and even now with Luis Ortiz not placing S&C at the top of the list in terms of becoming a ML pitcher.

Anyways, this was just a minor quibble, but it stuck out to me.