FIRST PITCH ARIZONA
8:15 AM: Injuries in Perspective
RICK WILTON, Baseball Injury Report
Rick will share some preliminary results from his new Tommy John surgery analysis. How effective are pitchers after TJS? He will also look at the reasons for the increase in injuries in 2007 and take an early look at pitchers who are injury risks due to workload issues in 2008.
9:15 AM: Kimball Unplugged
KIMBALL CROSSLEY, Toronto Blue Jays professional scout
With Colorado, Boston and Arizona having so many kids playing key roles, is this just the end result of better scouting/player development? Or are teams just willing to play kids more? Or is it just a freak year? Kimball, a scout for the Blue Jays, will weigh in on what he's been seeing, among other topics in his always-interesting off-the-cuff session.
10:45-11:00 AM: Break
11:00 AM: Open Forum Q&A
Here's your final chance to pick the brains of our speakers. Toss out the names of players you'd like their opinion on. Challenge them to reveal their own secrets. No rules, no limits, just 60 minutes of hard data, coming at you fast and furious.
NOTE: SCHEDULE IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
