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Your impression that the O’s should starters are throwing more innings than at any time in the last 20 years is probably wrong. In 2004, the league averaged 5.9 IP/start and the O’s were at 5.6. This year, the league is at 5.2 and the O’s are at 5.6. So, the O’s are in the same spot as they were 20 years ago, but the league has dropped by 0.7 IP per start so the current O’s are much improved relative to the league. I’m not going to spend the time looking up every year between 2004 and 2024, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the O’s were above 5.6 a couple of times back when the league average was above that. What has changed is that the O’s are a contender and play competitive games almost every night. You can’t just turn a game over to Joe Scrub in the 5th/6th inning knowing that the game is hopeless. So, that places more pressure on the relievers who are actually good to bear the brunt of the load, and causes managers to go to their best guys even when it’s pretty obvious that they could use an extra day off. -
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By Aristotelian · Posted
You are right, it's a challenge. We do have 8 guys to play with, so on a given night you are hopefully resting the majority of guys. They have a system for determining who is available. These days it is probably an app. Hyde will then use any guy that the system has cleared to go. If they don't have enough guys you option the tired guys and bring up fresh arms from the taxi squad. I believe they should allow 12 player/14 pitcher rosters to reduce wear and tear, but the position players in MLBPA probably don't like that and MLB hates pitching changes -
The addition of Bradish and Means moves Irvin and Suarez to the pen. And Wells will probably be added to the pen in a couple of weeks. All three of these pitchers add length to the pen. Instead on using three or four relievers in a game they can use one if that is what Hyde decided to do. -
I have no facts to back this up, so this could be a very ignorant statement. I feel like the starters are throwing more innings than I have ever seen in my 20 years watching this team. Almost every night, guys are lasting until the 5th or so. I know that is different than the past, but they seem to be doing well on the whole with decent consistency. My question is: how is it possible to not overwork the pen. Even if guys are going 5-6 innings, which seems pretty good for today’s day and age, you still work the heck out of the pen. Then the pen guys come in and get hurt easily due to over use. Am I just incorrect? Are my assumptions poor? I just don’t understand how, even if each starter consistently goes 5-6, the bullpen doesn’t get overworked into oblivion each night. -
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If he's getting 2900 rpm on the slider, that's near elite level spin rate. How is his control? The walks seem a little high, but the WHIP is low so he's not giving up a lot of hits
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