Pettitte struggles agianst Orioles, complains of 'dead arm' Posted: Wednesday March 17, 2004 5:20PM; Updated: Wednesday March 17, 2004 5:44PM FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Andy Pettitte wasn't happy with his third start of the spring Wednesday and hinted he might be experiencing a "dead arm." "I didn't feel real good today," said Pettitte, who allowed a run and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. "I made a lot of mistakes. The first two starts, I didn't work a lot. Today I got in innings and threw a lot of pitches." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...2004/03/17/grapefruit.wednesday.ap/index.html Did anybody hear about this? I hope this is just an over-reaction to a poor start . . .
As bobrek has already said... dead arms are very common in the spring. If he's still feeling this come April, then maybe you can start worrying.
Sounds to me like Pettitte is saying he threw a lot of pitches and got a lot of work in. I don't how this guy took that to mean he was complaining about a dead arm.
Or better yet... count on a guy coming back from Tommy John surgery as a main-stay in the rotation. At least Brown is terribly good when healthy.... but Lieber? He's alright, but I'd take Redding as a 5th over him.