Pitching Mechanics: Mark Prior

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 Pitching Mechanics: Mark Prior
Mark Prior @ USC I’m sure everyone knows the Mark Prior history, so I won’t go into it. Carlos Gomez at Hardball Times has done a piece on Prior’s mechanics, and I disagree with how he analyzes pitchers. To be fair, he follows the mechanics of Paul Nyman (SETPRO) and I am more of a Bill Peterson/Chris O’Leary/Mike Marshall and Tom House analyst. Carlos and I ... [link]

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Published 4/8/2008 by Minneapolis Red Sox at Siberian Baseball
Just found this new site devoted to pitching mechanics and a pretty interesting breakdown of Mark Prior's pitching mechanics. As I've mentioned here before, one of the main things Cubs fans were fed in eager anticipation of Prior's arrival was that he had impeccable mechanics that were on par with some of the all-time great power pitchers. While it seems to be true that he might have been solid coming out of USC, check out the write up and accompanying video of how things started slowing down for Prior as the years ground on in Chicago. I ...

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