Re: Can anyone calculate how much PED's add to a palyer's stats?
I think one of the commentator on the mlb network mentioned Robyn Venture would lose steam with 2 month left in the season while others were still poring it on.
i would have to do some research when i have time.
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Re: Can anyone calculate how much PED's add to a palyer's stats?
steroids aren't only about strength. they're also about recovery time. baseball is a 162 game grind. players get tired, sore, fatigued. steroids reduce the recovery time needed by the body to recuperate. imagine going out onto the field midway through the season and physically feeling like it's still the start of the season while all of the other players are sore and tired. it's a tremendous advantage for any position. as for pitchers, there's recuperation time between starts. imagine feeling like you could pitch 9 innings only 2 days after you already pitched 9. you take the mound feeling good while the other non-juiced pitcher is still aching from his previous start.
bonds once said that he didn't believe steroids did anything because they don't affect hand/eye coordination. true but they do affect strength and muscle recovery and to that end they're more likely to turn warning track shots into homers and it's a hell of a lot easier to belt a home run when you don't feel fatigued and sore. barry could keep up his homerun pace thoughout an entire season while non-steroid using players felt worn down by the end.
HGH = increased muscle mass, increased energy levels, improved immune system, improved resistance to some injuries.
"I don't think ARod would be hitting 25 home runs instead of 50 without steroids"
you might be surprised. how many warning track shots did arod hit in his early mariners years that would've been homers if he would've been juiced? how many hits did Arod have in his early years where he was fatigued and if he'd had full-strength they might've been homers?
at some point, it seems 50 became the new 30. i remember when fielder hit 51 in 1990 and at the time it was considered a gargantuan achievement. when he hit 51, he was the first AL player to 50 in 29 yrs! he never hit 50 again. in 2007, 25 players hit 50 HRs or more. here's the 60 HR club. note the gaps in between the years:
Ruth - 60 HRs - 1927
Maris - 61 HRs - 1961
Sosa - 66 HRs - 1998
McGwire - 70 HRs - 1998
Sosa - 63 HRs - 1999
McGwire - 65 HRs - 1999
Sosa - 64 HRs - 2001
Bonds - 73 HRs - 2001
i remember when being a 35/100 man labelled you as a big slugger. now you've got pipsqueaks hitting 35 regularly and to be considered a big slugger you've got to hit upper 40s/50s. mcgwire was a slugger from the start but if you look at his first few years, he seemed to average mid-upper 30 HRs a season. then the twilight of his career comes and what's he do? 52, 70, 65. in 1988, he had 550 ABs and hit 32 HR. 10 yrs later, he had 509 ABs and he hit 70. you figure out how much juice can affect HR totals.
in "juiced", canseco said that he would likely not have even made the major leagues without steroids. with steroids what did he do? ROY, AL MVP, 40/40, 462 HRs, 7x All-Star, etc.
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Can anyone calculate how much PED's add to a palyer's stats?
Like a great many fans I have been disappointed at how many players are using steroids. How much of a benefit do these drugs give you? I think most of us believe ARod , Manny, Clemens and others would be stars without the use of drugs. For instance, I don't think ARod would be hitting 25 home runs instead of 50 without steroids. I've always said without his hand eye coordination and other athletic skills Bonds would have the same number of home runs as Arnold Schwarzenegger (none) These guys wouldn't take the drugs if they didn't think it helped them, but who much does it help? 5 home runs, 10 home runs a year? And what do steroids do for pitchers where weight lifting strength has little or nothing to do with speed on a pitch? (And what does HGH do?)
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