Pitching With Fear

Pitching With Fear

Major League Baseball is facing a growing issue regarding the safety of Pitchers. The recent incident with Toronto Blue Jay Pitcher JA Happ has escalated what has been a problem for the League for a while now. Pitching with fear is now common place for some of the best and most high profile position on the field. To MLB's credit this is not a issue they're try to sweep under a rug, as a matter of fact they has stepped up searching for ways to protect their multimillion dollar men.

JA Happ Hit by Batter

Progress is being made although nothing has been introduced yet. What Major League Baseball doesn't want to do is to create a false since of security for players by giving them a solution that hasn't been well tested or thought out. For now pitching with fear is something MLB players will just have to deal with in their own way. The bigger issue is among little league baseball, how can we better control the problem with our children that love and play the game? Whatever the solution in the big league it will have to be incorporated on all levels...

The good news is its an issue everyone is taking extremely seriously! MLB typically moves very methodically but in this case the alternatives are just to dangerous! When it happens in a game its unavoidable and well publicized and that's not a good look for MLB.  Pitcher are to valuable to their teams, the League and the fans to allow them to have the extra added concern of pitching with fear.

Felix Hernandez

Pitching With Fear, What's Next?

As the players in the Major Leagues get stronger and faster there will no doubt be additional concerns that will need to be addressed, keeping the players safe and on the field is and will always be top priority. Pitching with fear should not and can not be on the minds of a pitcher, there has to be a way to better protect them, and in this case soon is better then later.

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