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.
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
The time isn't coming, the time is here. As sportsfan mentioned, this is a good team whether fans want to admit it or not. But 30 of mostly terrible baseball does a number to a fan base.
I think the human eye hasn't evolved enough in the past several decades to accurately judge the movement on pitches thrown at high velocity these days. Spin rates and velocity are through the roof.
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