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Grant Muncrief still having arm trouble. They don't know what is going on but Brent was quite concerned that it was still bothering him and he seemed mentally to be prepared for the worst (a season ending injury).
Havling lived in the Phoenix, AZ, area for years before moving here & observing pitching injuries at the pro level with the AZ Diamondbacks, I don't think WSU is having more than their share of injuries. It does seem to go in cycles though & WSU isn't having more than their share this year with Tyler Fleming, Logan Hoch & now Grant Muntcrief all out for the season.
Is it just me or do we have more than our share of injuries on our pitching staff? Anybody keep national stats on that?
Looking at WSU PAP (Pitcher abuse points) Scores by year
2008 - 196,143 (ranked 41st in the nation)
2007 - 47,447 (ranked 181st in the nation)
2006 - 20,595 (ranked 260th in the nation)
2005 - 73,905
2004 -118,611
2003 - 40,301
2002 - 32,887
In general WSU PAP is low for most years except for 2.
WSU high PAP in 2008 was because Gene rode Shafer, Capra and Musgrave since there was no effective pitchers after them. The other high year was 2004 was with Pelfrey and Johnson.
So I would say the data says that pitching injuries WSU pitching staff is encountering is likely due fatigue put on these pitchers before they got to WSU.
Now if Capra, Shafer, Musgrave or Pelfrey come up with arm problems - then some of the blame would fall at WSU feet.
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