Why Is Arm Angle So Important to Pitcher Health?

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Eno, Trevor, and DVR discuss the surging Kyren Paris and strange feats, in the face of Jesse Chavez signing with Atlanta for the *sixth* time in his career. Plus, they look at several pitchers that have significantly altered their arm angle this season in pursuit of staying health -- including Garrett Crochet, Paul Skenes, and Cole Ragans -- MacKenzie Gore's excellent start to the 2025 campaign, and they play the third installment in this season's 'Name That Dude!' series. Rundown 1:55 Kyren Paris' Red-Hot Start Continues 7:19 Jesse Chavez's New MLB Record 14:03 The Relationship Between Arm Angle & Health 18:40 A Look at Garrett Crochet's Changes 24:05 Paul Skenes' Adjustments 28:40 Biggest Arm Angle Changes From 2024 to 2025 41:32 Is MacKenzie Gore Making the Leap in 2025? 48:47 Name! That! Dude! (Season Series entering 4.10.25: Trevor 2, Eno 0) Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social Follow Trevor on Bluesky: @iamtrevormay.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris With: Trevor May Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.6	Walk the rates and barrels. It is Thursday, April 10th, Derek Van Riper, Enoceros, Trevor May, all here with you.
0:47.4	On this episode, we discuss the importance of arm angle.
0:52.7	We lucked out.
0:53.7	There are a couple studies Trevor found that actually explain some things that are happening here in the early weeks of the season.
0:59.9	So I'm very glad we didn't talk about this topic last week because that information is going to add a lot to this conversation.
1:06.5	We're going to take a look at Mackenzie Gore, who appears to be having a breakout here in 2025.
1:11.2	His first three starts had been fantastic.
1:13.8	We've got to name that dude coming up here in a little while.
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