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Originally Posted by MaTH716
I disagree. Many power pitchers like Ryan, Randy Johnson, Clemens (please no mention of the roids here), Carlton, Seaver and so on never really endured any kind of prolonged arm injuries during their careers. The smart ones that you mention are usually the ones who have had to change their who approach to pitching due to some sort of arm injury.
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What I meant to say was that strikeout pitchers usually throw alot of pitches to get those strikeouts. So that would lend itself to more injuries and shorter careers. The list that Cannon mentioned was a generation ago when pitchers threw complete games and there were no "set-up" men.