[新聞] Red Sox need Dice-K to join shoulder program
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Red Sox need Dice-K to join shoulder program
Get in control
By Michael Silverman / Red Sox Beat
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Look at what happened to Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats]’s shoulder
this year.
Now look at what has not happened to the shoulders of pitchers
Brad Penny and Jonathan Papelbon [stats], each with an injury
history, and note the imminent activation of John Smoltz a year
removed from shoulder surgery.
This is what is called a teachable moment.
Matsuzaka is on the disabled list for the second time in 2009 with
shoulder weakness. Nobody yet can guess about if or when he will
return this season.
The Red Sox [team stats]’ deep and effective pitching staff is
healthy now, and everybody has been on the team’s shoulder and
arm strength and conditioning program since last year ended.
Except Matsuzaka.
The 28-year-old stayed in Japan all winter and in the spring.
While his teammates gathered in Fort Myers for spring training,
Matsuzaka stayed overseas to train with his Japanese teammates for
the World Baseball Classic.
Japan won the WBC for the second time in as many tries with
Matsuzaka throwing 14 MVP innings in four starts, the fourth-most
innings pitched of any tournament pitcher. Matsuzaka did not come
under direct Red Sox supervision until March 27.
The team already said that Matsuzaka’s involvement in the WBC is
behind his two trips to the DL because he was throwing pitches in
earnest before his body was ready.
Matsuzaka was not ready because he was not on the Red Sox’
shoulder program.
Making it clear that he was not speaking about Matsuzaka or the
differences between Japanese and American throwing philosophies as
they relate to shoulder preservation, Red Sox medical director
Tom Gill spoke Sunday about the program.
“The program itself allows you to lay down a foundation,” Gill
said. “The baseball season is so long. To draw an analogy, the
baseball season is the house and the offseason is the foundation.
What you see as a pitcher goes deeper into the season is a
breakdown. In a situation where players don’t work out as much as
they should in the offseason, you can’t use the season itself to
strengthen the shoulder. You do not strengthen the shoulder by
throwing from the distance of the mound to the plate. You actually
de-condition as you pitch like that.
“When you are in spring training and you begin to do more and
more long-tossing, that’s when you build strength in the muscles
around the scapula, not by pitching. That’s why pitchers
long-toss during the season as well, because in the act of
pitching, you lose strength in your shoulder.”
It is close to a daily miracle that more pitchers do not get hurt,
and that pitchers’ careers last as long as they do.
“We want to make sure that guys are not doing anything that can
weaken the shoulder. The emphasis is on preventing injury,” said
Gill, who described a “seamless system” of communication and
trust between him, pitching coach John Farrell and pitchers rehab
coordinator and assistant trainer Mike Reinold.
Penny and Papelbon rave about the program. Not until Matsuzaka
made his last start Friday did he state it was time to try a
different approach.
It could be that Matsuzaka has finally come around to accepting
that if he is going to pitch every five days, instead of the once
a week he did in Japan, there is value to the strength and
conditioning program and not sticking to what worked for him in
Japan.
“You have to work closely with the pitching coach and everyone
and build a level of trust high enough so they can say, ‘I’m
tired’ or ‘I might have to miss a start or miss an appearance,’
” Gill said. “Communication and a level of trust, we want them
to believe in this system.
“Biomechanics are biomechanics, and we think we have a pretty
good grip on that. I think we’re part of a minority of teams that
focus on offseason programs as much as we do. We want to try to
control as many factors related to throwing and conditioning and
strengthening as we can.”
The Red Sox [team stats] lost control of Matsuzaka in the
offseason and spring training.
Now, until further notice, they have lost Matsuzaka.
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