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By OsFanSinceThe80s · Posted
This is my only major concern, I want this to be the braintrust being extra cautious instead of Means complaining this early in the season that he's got a tired or sore arm. And you're correct if Means continues to pitch every fifth day, we'll never know the real reason for this extra rest. -
By the way, if I thought we were going to actually win something this year I'd be willing to ride Means into the ground like a rented donkey. But we're not, so what's the point? -
I quit a while ago. Best thing I ever did. Thanks for your concern though. I'm not sure if it was called the Verducci effect, but there was pretty prominent study done ~15 years ago, which suggested that large innings spikes can lead to injury. And then basically every team in baseball began developing their pitchers in a pretty uniform way in regards to innings counts. I concede there was nothing concrete then. I'd be curious to know how it was "debunked." How many times with your own eyes have you seen some pitcher- in a postseason, in a regular season, as a prospect- pitch a lot more innings than normal and have residual effects? I think it's common sense wisdom. Just as not smoking is. As far as your evaluation of Means, I agree with that whole-heartedly. "Low stress innings." "Low pitch counts." "Few baserunners." Sounds exactly like a guy who is about to pitch a whole lot of innings. Like over six per start. Which if you run him out there every fifth day adds up to about...... 210 innings.
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By UMDTerrapins · Posted
I'm not sure I've seen him hit a ground ball. He lifts everything. Before he K'd in one AB tonight, he hit a foul ball that didn't miss being an opposite field HR by very much. I'd like to see him some more against some lefties....Bowie has faced very little LHP so far. -
If your starting catcher is hitting 250 with I hr and 3 rbi he should be a very good defensive catcher, Pedro is not. First inning he tried to trick Judge at two strikes with a curveball, Kremer hadn't thrown one in the inning, hung it, gone.
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