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    The Orioles Bullpen, They can fix it

    in Orioles Talk

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    I’m not a fan of set roles in the pen. However, Wells has closed before and looked good last night. Flaherty has pitched in some big games with the Cardinals. Either of them is preferable to Cano. Cano in spot duty vs RHB. And get rid of Fujinami and Lopez, they’re awful.

    Bullpen fixed.

    Astros Series

    in Orioles Talk

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    On 9/20/2023 at 7:24 PM, Frobby said:

    And I was an advocate for him being available on Tuesday night despite pitching on Sunday/Monday, due to his relatively low in-game pitch count. But there’s only so far you want to push that. 

    Based on what exactly? You’re one of the more informed voices here, but this, in fact, sounds specious.

    I mean, Dr Andrews first came up with the idea of pitch counts for kids. For a 17 year old it’s 105 pitches. I’ve seen kids continually overused so some coach can receive praise. So, pitch counts for kids whose bodies are still developing makes sense, but you know what makes more sense? Proper mechanics. If pitch counts work (I’m including relievers because the idea they’re overused is relative to pitches thrown) why is there a continual amount of pitching injuries? I’d argue that mechanics far and away are responsible for the number of pitching injuries we still see. 

    If you don’t want to push the envelope of how many days in a row a reliever is used or how many pitches a starter can throw in any particular game, where’s the bar set? To me it’s an arbitrary number that has been ingrained in most, if not all, managers (probably with guidelines from their respective front offices). And there is little evidence to support it’s working.

    Astros Series

    in Orioles Talk

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    So, going back to Sunday Perez threw a third of an inning (5 pitches), two thirds on Monday (8 pitches), and third again yesterday (10 pitches). Does anyone besides Hyde think that he was overworked? He’s been one of the best out of the pen in the second half. 

    That along with Hyde bringing in Cano last night and Fujinami today is a head scratcher. 

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