re: "DVH blows guys arms out"

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The research explaining why that’s the case is evident. Fleisig said that a sharp spike in workload and frequency of pitching is “maybe the strongest indicator of injury risk.” Throwing a lot of pitches at maximum effort at high velocities is also linked to injury. Skenes threw 46 of his 123 pitches against Tennessee on Saturday at 100 mph or harder.

It turns out there was never any doubt that Skenes would pitch Thursday on short rest. LSU coach Jay Johnson said that as early as Tuesday, he wrote on a whiteboard who he wanted to pitch every day through the end of the season, with Skenes slated for Thursday. Johnson asked his team if his plan was doable. There were no objections.

“To be honest, there wasn’t a whole lot of conversation,” Skenes said.

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The calculation is different in Division I. Skenes has delivered a dominant junior season after transferring to LSU from Air Force. He has posted a 1.69 ERA in 122? innings, striking out 209 batters against just 20 walks. In the upcoming draft, he will likely be selected with one of the first two picks, which are held by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals. 

Mathews and Hall are also projected to be chosen in the early rounds, meaning they potentially took a risk pitching so much. 

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