Please Welcome: Driveline Mechanics

by Jesse on Aug 23, 2008 11:49 AM EDT in Quick Hits

SB Nation lands another winner.

For those of you already familiar with Driveline Mechanics, you understand what a coup this is for SB Nation. DM is an established site that scouts, um, MECHANICS, and they accurately advertise their site as one that takes "An Unconventional Look at Baseball Scouting" (as opposed to us, who simply know the difference between Ron Gardenhire and Colonel Sanders). For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of reading DM, check out their series from this week on Matt Garza:

Part I
Part II
Part III

Stop by and say hi to Kyle Booty, and be sure to get a bookmark/RSS feed set up. They do great work.

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Kyle Booty

Any Relation to Vikings QB John David Booty LOL

by Tony_O on Aug 23, 2008 11:53 AM EDT reply actions

Injury risk

DM’s breakdown of Garza’s mechanics claim he’s quite the injury risk. Interesting. Of course, any pitcher is an injury risk, but Garza may be more of a risk than others…

by Adam Peterson on Aug 23, 2008 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

One reason the Twins traded him...

…is his injury risk, at least that’s what I heard through the grape vine. Not only are his mechanics violent, he’s a maximum-effort pitcher, which does not bode well for longevity. He could beat the odds, of course. But he’s more likely to have a serious injury than Kevin Slowey, e.g. And he had a higher trad value last winter than any Twins pitcher not named Santana, so…

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Aug 23, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions