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Joe Orsulak: Putting Dylan Bundy In Orioles' Rotation Would Risk His Future (He's starting anyway)

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I like the idea of him piggy backing one of the starters (I think Wilson was mentioned before). If you could get 4 innings from Wilson and 3 from Bundy every 5th day, then that would be great. The problem with that though is that we still need another starter to give us consistent innings and right now, we don't have one.

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Yeah - all cases are unique but look at Matt Harvey. Coming off TJ last year and the Mets worked him pretty hard (216 innings pitched). Career may be done.

Harvey and Bundy both had their TJ's about the same time - 2013. Harvey pitched 216 inning in 2015. As a starter, we would be asking about 100 innings from Bundy in 2016.

I'm not sure how the two cases are close to comparable.

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Harvey and Bundy both had their TJ's about the same time - 2013. Harvey pitched 216 inning in 2015. As a starter, we would be asking about 100 innings from Bundy in 2016.

I'm not sure how the two cases are close to comparable.

Bundy had additional injuries that delayed his return to pitching.

Harvey went over the recommended 180+ innings and might be career over.

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Harvey and Bundy both had their TJ's about the same time - 2013. Harvey pitched 216 inning in 2015. As a starter, we would be asking about 100 innings from Bundy in 2016.

I'm not sure how the two cases are close to comparable.

They may not be comparable, but if anything it makes sense to be more careful with Bundy than Harvey, as he had additional injuries and setbacks post TJ.

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I don't think Orsulak has any more knowledge of the medical side of this than you or I. I'm sure the Orioles will be cautious and will be consulting the team doctors and perhaps outside doctors as well every step of the way. I'm not sure I agree that the O's won't let Bundy go beyond 75-80 pitches, though. That's not the sense I've gotten from Dan and Buck.

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I don't think Orsulak has any more knowledge of the medical side of this than you or I. I'm sure the Orioles will be cautious and will be consulting the team doctors and perhaps outside doctors as well every step of the way. I'm not sure I agree that the O's won't let Bundy go beyond 75-80 pitches, though. That's not the sense I've gotten from Dan and Buck.

DD pretty much said as much this past Sunday with Melewski, that he is inclined if Dylan feels healthy and wants to keep pitching, to let him throw.

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Harvey also made 20 starts of at least 97 pitches last season. Even if Bundy went into the rotation, he would most likely be looking at about a 75 pitch max - another major difference in the two cases. We are going to have to take the training wheels off and stretch him out at some point. This seems like a great opportunity to do so. Help the club this season, help his rehab and help get him ready for a starting role next season.

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Harvey and Bundy both had their TJ's about the same time - 2013. Harvey pitched 216 inning in 2015. As a starter, we would be asking about 100 innings from Bundy in 2016.

I'm not sure how the two cases are close to comparable.

They aren't in the least bit, but everyone who thinks like Orsulak needs something to latch onto so......

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Don't really care.

You gotta put him in the rotation after the AS break, come what may. Wanna win a World Series? Wanna keep your top prospects but add a 97 mph arm to the rotation? It's the only option, then, and it will happen immediately following the break. They'll still keep his innings low and piggy back him with Worley as much as possible.

But, this 97 MPH arm, could turn into the next Kershaw for 10-15 years, isn't that more valuable than one 1 WS?

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