What are "picture perfect" pitching mechanics?

Not every pitcher has to pitch the exact same way to be successful on the pitcher's mound.

What I've found in my career as a Division I full-scholarship pitcher at Bradley University -- and from my three years in the Chicago Cubs organization -- is that the baseball pitchers who are the most successful are the ones who are able to consistently repeat their pitching delivery.

That's the key to quality, picture perfect pitching mechanics: being able to repeat your delivery while staying injury free.

Take my former teammate Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins, for instance. Willis's pitching delivery is certainly not "orthodox," but it works for him, he can repeat it -- and he's successful with it.

My point is this: Work on your pitching mechanics, but not from a standpoint of fitting into a cookie-cutter mold. Instead, work to have a repeatable delivery that enables you to pitch injury free.