Philadelphia Phillies: 10 Weakest Throwing Arms in Team History

I’m a positive guy.

I don’t dwell. I don’t nitpick. I don’t fume.

Not without good reason — or invaluable material, like flimsiest-armed throwers in Phillies history.

If you’re a Phillies fan, years of David Bell one-hopping put-out tries tests your patience. And your ears could power 18th-century engines after only months of Ben Francisco and Raul Ibanez.

It’s inexcusable–and mildly hilarious–that some baseball players can’t throw. Of all the sport’s five tools, only running seems more natural, more fundamental. You’d think guys might struggle with a stick or glove first, but throwing?

It’s the only thing mocked as girly. You’d figure that incentive enough for an 8-year-old to scribble notes. For those who skated by by compensating with everything else, you’d think six-figure salaries might trigger motivation.

In other words: If MLBers can’t throw by now, we seamheads have free rein to heckle.

Unless, of course, players simply don’t have it in them, in which case we should all share a laugh. Because “If you can’t laugh at yourself…” right?

So hats off–or hate on–to the proud few who’ve made the cut. Or whose elbows make you wonder if something was.

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