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That was a nice article but give me a break coach.
"....because of the excessive innings pitched they were forced to put Rob in the bullpen...."
Really.....excessive innings eh coach?? Do you plan to give Rob a start once every 7 days? My guess is that Rob will be used at a slightly higher innings per day average than he got at WSU. -
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Whoa
Easy, Doc; you misread. The article said an "excess of" innings, not "excessive" innings, and in that observation the coach is exactly correct.Originally posted by WuDrWu
For WSU last year, Rob pitched 111 innings, with few (although not zero) high pitch counts, which I certainly agree is not excessive for a collegiate starter who's his team's top gun. But with it having long since been established that a heavy workload is the single most dangerous thing to a young pitcher's health, it would make no sense for a short-season minor league team to use a guy who had already worked 111 innings in about 3 1/2 months as a starter. An organization that did so would not be making a wise use of its investment.
On the other hand, if Rob had pitched 50 innings or so at WSU this year, his pro team would have much more leeway in how to use him safely, and he might have been a starter if that was the organization's vision for him. So that's where the "excess" comes in -- not in that he was used too heavily at WSU given his role, but in the normal workload that his role imposed on him.
All the coach (and thus the writer) were really saying was that because Rob had already pitched a lot this year, which he had, the club wanted to go easy on him the rest of the season. That was a perfectly sensible move, and with the latest stats showing that Rob has been exceptional in his 35 1/3 IP so far, they've been rewarded for it -- and presumably Rob has shown enough to advance at his next opportunity.Comment
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I humbly stand corrected.Comment
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