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National's decision to shut down Strasburg
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:08 am
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:08 am
Where does this rank among the greatest managerial/ front office mistakes of all time?
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:09 am to benhamin5555
One of the worst I have ever seen. There was just no logic behind it.
This post was edited on 10/11/12 at 1:10 am
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:09 am to benhamin5555
Not a mistake IMO, but the fact of the matter is that we will never know if shutting down Strasburg was the right call.
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:10 am to benhamin5555
I hope they don't win a World Series for the next 20 years.
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:11 am to benhamin5555
I think it was unnecessary, and if they were going to have an inning limit on him, why didn't they skip some of his other starts throughout the season?
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:36 am to benhamin5555
I thought they had only shut him down for the regular season. Playoffs too?
This post was edited on 10/11/12 at 4:11 am
Posted on 10/11/12 at 3:10 am to benhamin5555
anything looks bad after an 8-0 loss and a 2-1 deficit
Posted on 10/11/12 at 3:46 am to benhamin5555
quote:......is the reason why I'm rooting for the Nationals to bow out in the first round. They had so many different options on how to properly use Strasburg if they were worried about the innings that would've allowed him to pitch in the postseason. Now I'm rooting for them to lose in the most agonizing way possible so that even more attention can be brought upon their idiotic processes.
National's decision to shut down Strasburg
Posted on 10/11/12 at 7:30 am to benhamin5555
I really thought they were going to bring him back out for the playoffs. A nice long rest before the playoff series would have been very logical. Shutting him down and not using him in the playoffs reminds me of the Miles QB move in the bowl game last year.
Posted on 10/11/12 at 10:31 am to benhamin5555
I think the Nats' decision-making here is questionable, but they did do the research and probably believe in it, so they stuck to their plan.
I just think they could have more properly handled the whole situation better with the media and probably Strasburg (plenty of comments on his frustrations about this thing showed up as the season went along). Internally having a HARD innings limit might be fine, but when you announce it to all, then you have everyone counting down to it and scrutinizing it.
And as far as this whole thing about giving him extra days off, moving to a 6man rotation, skipping starts, that kind of thing hurting his arm--i kinda think of the point others have made--
non arm injuries happen to pitchers all the time. If he would have stubbed his toe fielding a grounder, contracted a bad virus, or sprained his ankle, would they have shut him down for the season just because time on the DL would mess up his regular schedule and returning would completely ruin his arm? I doubt it, so why would any other gaps in his pitching do so.
I just think they could have more properly handled the whole situation better with the media and probably Strasburg (plenty of comments on his frustrations about this thing showed up as the season went along). Internally having a HARD innings limit might be fine, but when you announce it to all, then you have everyone counting down to it and scrutinizing it.
And as far as this whole thing about giving him extra days off, moving to a 6man rotation, skipping starts, that kind of thing hurting his arm--i kinda think of the point others have made--
non arm injuries happen to pitchers all the time. If he would have stubbed his toe fielding a grounder, contracted a bad virus, or sprained his ankle, would they have shut him down for the season just because time on the DL would mess up his regular schedule and returning would completely ruin his arm? I doubt it, so why would any other gaps in his pitching do so.
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