Does Being Fat Make You Better At Baseball?

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It still cracks me up that CC got skinny AFTER he retired. I love that freaking dude, he's a national treasure.

In short: If you're heavy, you hit the ball harder, which is kinda the most important thing with baseball these days. If you're heavy, you suffer fewer arm injuries because you pitch with your mass, not your arm. As pointed out in some other comments, some of these numbers are misleading because they look at weight rather than the way the weight is carried. Jumbo Diaz and Aaron Judge should not fall into the same category.

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You are onto something. Pablo Sanchez was always the best Backyard Sports athlete.

To be fair, most of the “overweight” players are not actually overweight, they just are big guys with lots of muscle mass, look at Kris Bryant or Bryce Harper who were listed as “overweight” its pretty clear theyre not actually overweight, just shredded and 6’3-6’5

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there’s zero way mike trout and kris bryant were overweight in the 2014-2016 season

This is just evidence of how bad BMI is as a metric. Because while there are exceptions of "overweight" players that play well despite not having an athletic body type, a big reason for why so many of the best players are getting heavier is because it is more common for them to build much more muscle. And guys like Mookie Betts and Jose Altuve aren't lighter because they're more fit, they're just limited by height.

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As a fat guy, who was a fat kid, i can confirm that just by the eye test youre always going to get picked first to play baseball and football. Youre either getting picked to be an offensive lineman or tap into home run potential and get thrown out in right field or 1st base. I drove football coaches nuts because i didn't love or enjoy it like i did baseball. Imagine Pablo Sandoval as a 2nd basemen. That was me lol. Theres obviously a breaking point to where it'll effect you. But if youre s natural athlete, a realistic chubby body really is the peak for baseball. I'd argue baseball is the most body image friendly, realistic body image sport out there

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I mean, Babe Ruth is a downright mythical and he had a beer belly. This seems like something that’d be just common sense

Also something to consider, a guy who is 6 foot 2, 210 pounds of pure muscle, chiseled like a sculpture, is considered overweight by bmi.

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Body weight and %body fat are two very different things. Nor does it take height into consideration

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