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Arizona Chupacabra
PECOTA projections have Dbacks finishing 85-77, 2 games behind LAD.
Word is Webb is doing well.
Webb played catch four times in mid-November before shutting things down for the offseason. Not a large sample size, but it didn't take long for him to notice a difference.
"Even the first time throwing I wasn't apprehensive," Webb said. "Before I had surgery I was waiting for it to hurt when I threw. I don't know why, but the very first time I threw it I wasn't hesitant at all, my arm slot was good, my arm felt nice and loose. It was back to the way it used to feel like."
Although he usually spends most of the winter at his home in Ashland, Ky., this year he cut that time short so he could workout under the watchful eyes of the Arizona training staff.
Monday and Thursday each week, Webb works on his upper body and plays long toss, while on Tuesday and Friday he works his lower body and throws from a shorter distance. He mostly throws fastballs, but each day he unleashes about five changeups.
Next week he'll throw some bullpen-like sessions on flat ground and then the following week -- about Feb. 9 -- he is set to throw his first bullpen session.
"I haven't had any problems," Webb said. "I do a lot of stuff beforehand, get some heat, a lot of stretching to make sure I'm good and loose and have the blood flowing. Then afterward come back in and do some shoulder exercises."
As he ramps up his throwing, some of the shoulder exercises have been scaled back. However, he will have a maintenance program for the shoulder for the rest of his career.
"It's not good to lose the year, but maybe I'll gain a year on the back end of my career somehow because of it," he said.
The D-backs plan on being cautious with Webb when Spring Training opens in Tucson next month. Webb said he thinks he will be ready to be a full participant from Day One, but manager A.J. Hinch said he plans to talk to Webb to make sure he does not try to do too much too soon.
"We're not going to arbitrarily hold him back if he's ready," Hinch said. "But I want him to know that if he's a few days or a week behind the other pitchers, that's fine, too. I don't want that seen as a failure if that happens. We'll see how the next few weeks go and then make a determination on his schedule."
Said Byrnes: "Again, it's a six-month season, and we'll monitor and see how to best get him ready to pitch a six-month season. He's progressed well, and the throwing he's done since the first of the year has been more of a normal progression. It's all very encouraging."
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb
Word is Webb is doing well.
Webb played catch four times in mid-November before shutting things down for the offseason. Not a large sample size, but it didn't take long for him to notice a difference.
"Even the first time throwing I wasn't apprehensive," Webb said. "Before I had surgery I was waiting for it to hurt when I threw. I don't know why, but the very first time I threw it I wasn't hesitant at all, my arm slot was good, my arm felt nice and loose. It was back to the way it used to feel like."
Although he usually spends most of the winter at his home in Ashland, Ky., this year he cut that time short so he could workout under the watchful eyes of the Arizona training staff.
Monday and Thursday each week, Webb works on his upper body and plays long toss, while on Tuesday and Friday he works his lower body and throws from a shorter distance. He mostly throws fastballs, but each day he unleashes about five changeups.
Next week he'll throw some bullpen-like sessions on flat ground and then the following week -- about Feb. 9 -- he is set to throw his first bullpen session.
"I haven't had any problems," Webb said. "I do a lot of stuff beforehand, get some heat, a lot of stretching to make sure I'm good and loose and have the blood flowing. Then afterward come back in and do some shoulder exercises."
As he ramps up his throwing, some of the shoulder exercises have been scaled back. However, he will have a maintenance program for the shoulder for the rest of his career.
"It's not good to lose the year, but maybe I'll gain a year on the back end of my career somehow because of it," he said.
The D-backs plan on being cautious with Webb when Spring Training opens in Tucson next month. Webb said he thinks he will be ready to be a full participant from Day One, but manager A.J. Hinch said he plans to talk to Webb to make sure he does not try to do too much too soon.
"We're not going to arbitrarily hold him back if he's ready," Hinch said. "But I want him to know that if he's a few days or a week behind the other pitchers, that's fine, too. I don't want that seen as a failure if that happens. We'll see how the next few weeks go and then make a determination on his schedule."
Said Byrnes: "Again, it's a six-month season, and we'll monitor and see how to best get him ready to pitch a six-month season. He's progressed well, and the throwing he's done since the first of the year has been more of a normal progression. It's all very encouraging."
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb
That guy knows things. A2000s are where it is at.
CBS is the opposite with him being their 19th OF right behind Brad Hawpe 
