Mark Prior on Stephen Strasburg: Pitcher's Arm Action Tough to Change

Critics blame the Ken Torn elbow ligament suffered by Stephen Strasburg is faulty pitching mechanics May or May Not Have a point, but their the bigger point is, not much Zapraszamy Have Been Done to effectively change Strasburg's form. 

There's not a wholesale lot That Can Be done prudently Thurs change the arm That action allows an advanced pitcher Thurs throw as hard as Strasburg did. 

Says who? 

Says Mark Prior, the Strasburg of Ken at his generation a week ago Thurs FanHouse talked about Strasburg. 

When Prior was a dominating pitcher for Both USC and the Chicago Cubs, some pitching Analysts described at his delivery as textbook, yet others found troubling Prior's "inverted W" delivery, whereby, in the "loading" sequence, the elbow was Higher Than the shoulder . 

Many scouts and pitching experts expressed no Concerns about Strasburg while they was at San Diego State, or on their first days to do was drafted by the Washington Nationals in 2009. 

But Strasburg inverted W's recently troubled White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper, Ken voiced concern Thurs MLB Radio Network. 

I Prior Asked if the inverted W Both spelled trouble for him and Strasburg. 

"I know what it's about, I've been Asked about it a number of times," Prior said. "I guess you Can Make an argument with anything. I do not know, I've Heard That people tell me That's great arm action. I've Heard That people tell me That's bad arm action." 

Prior then made at his bigger point. 

"It doesn't Matter. It's my arm action," he said. "You can not really change arm action. It's kind of tough to do one URL. Thurs just throw out a blanket statement That anybody That throws like that (is destined for arm surgery), it's tough. I Do not Give it a Whole lot of validity. Everybody pitches the way They pitch, and some guys get hurt, some guys do not get hurt. 

"It's just the way it is." 

Prior, 29, is attempting to try to a comeback from a series of shoulder ailments That led four arthroscopic Procedures Thurs. This week, they was up Thurs 1992 miles per hour in a score less relief outing with the Orange County Flyers, an independent team. Prior Hopes Thurs return to the major leagues next year as a reliever. He has yet Thurs including allow an earned run in Six relief outings totaling eight innings with the Flyers.