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Samardzija's winter routine to be altered

June 22nd, 2012 11:03 AM
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  • Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija delivers a pitch against the Boston Red Sox at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-US PRESSWIRE

    • For the past two offseasons, Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija has undergone a rigorous offseason “boot camp” in order to get his body and, most importantly, his arm in shape for the season. By all accounts it has been a big success, as he has made the transition from reliever to full-time starter in the Cubs’ rotation. But now that he is due to make over 30 starts this season and could reach 200 innings, both he and the Cubs have decided that the stresses put on his arm during the offseason program would be overkill if he were to repeat it going forward.

    After Ryan Dempster, Samardzija has arguably been the Cubs’ second-best starter this season, going 5-5 through his first 13 starts with a 4.04 ERA (second on the team among starters) and a team-high 78 strikeouts in 78 innings pitched.

    That offseason boot camp Jeff Samardzija has subjected himself to the past two years in the Arizona desert will get an overhaul this season.

    It won't completely go away, especially since it's the reason the right-hander was able to turn himself into an effective starter, but it figures to be drastically altered.

    It's not that Samardzija didn't appreciate what all the hard winter work did for him. But as a starter now that could approach 200 innings by the time the season is done he has reasoned that a throwing routine that starts in November might not be in his best interest.

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