You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.
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A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.
Young pitchers don't throw enough in the minor leagues, and when they get to the majors, they don't have the stamina; their arms haven't been built up.
This day and age, you look at baseball as a whole, and not just the pitchers' side of it. You have the weight programs, you have the technology, and as a pitcher, you need to keep up.
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers.
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.
I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.
Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.
All pitchers are born pitchers.