Let them Pitch

[Satyr3206]

I keep reading about shutting down a fair amount of pitchers. I doubt that will help. Let them finish the Season.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Yeah! Who cares about excessive wear and tear on their arms!

[Moose Milligan]

52 minutes ago, Satyr3206 said:

I keep reading about shutting down a fair amount of pitchers. I doubt that will help. Let them finish the Season.

Why is this a good idea?

[24fps]

1 hour ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Yeah! Who cares about excessive wear and tear on their arms!

What's excessive and for whom?  Pretty vague thread so far.  

[sportsfan8703]

Why would we take any chances with any arms in a season where we are going to lose 110+? This whole innings limit thing for a bunch of guys is a good thing. You wanna know why?  That means that we’re healthy all year and posted career highs in IP. What more can you ask for?

Other than a freak injury to Harvey, and an injury to Sedlock, we had extremely good luck with pitching health this season. 

[Satyr3206]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Why is this a good idea?

Do you think it's a good idea for someone to not refine their skills?

 

[Satyr3206]

20 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Why would we take any chances with any arms in a season where we are going to lose 110+? This whole innings limit thing for a bunch of guys is a good thing. You wanna know why?  That means that we’re healthy all year and posted career highs in IP. What more can you ask for?

Other than a freak injury to Harvey, and an injury to Sedlock, we had extremely good luck with pitching health this season. 

The innings limit thing is a joke. You have to throw to be able to pitch.

[24fps]

19 minutes ago, Satyr3206 said:

The innings limit thing is a joke. You have to throw to be able to pitch.

It's not necessarily a joke.  What's irrational is to assume that pitcher X is more likely to be Hunter Harvey than Max Scherzer from the durability standpoint without factoring in their sports history beginning all the way back to Little League.  Something internet debates never seem to do because it's difficult if not impossible to know, so generalizations are applied by default.

Personally I fall into the camp that favors more innings rather than less for pitcher expected to start.  But it really depends on who you are talking about, I don't think one size fits all in this case.

[TonySoprano]

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And while the focus of the last few weeks will be on forming a foundation for the team’s rebuild, and using the innings available to evaluate how certain players fit therein, there’s nothing to indicate that there won’t be a patchwork approach through September.

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After the game, Rogers didn’t know whether that would be his final start. He has thrown a combined 150 innings this year, his most of any pro season. And that’s coming off an injury-shortened season in which he threw just 91 2/3 innings after surgery to remove a bone spur from the tip of his elbow. The year before that, Rogers logged 136 1/3 innings.

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Veteran pitchers could also be shut down or skipped over during the Orioles’ final 24 games. Dylan Bundy is still 23 2/3 innings shy of his career-high total set last year, while Andrew Cashner’s innings total is 20 1/3 off last year’s and Alex Cobb is 35 innings short of last year’s total.

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“It’s not purely an inning thing,” Showalter said. “Some of it is what your eyes are telling you and also what you’re being told by people who have been around them all year. But it’s also a good experience for young guys to be around this situation as far as the big league and stuff.”

O.K. Buck, what are your eyes telling you about Bundy?