re: National's decision to shut down Strasburg

I don't even understand the Nationals decision making process. If they were so concerned about capping Strasburg's innings, why didn't they go to a six-man rotation or have him start the first couple months in the bullpen or have him skip a start every once in a while or just shut him down in the beginning of the season? There's so many ways the Nationals could have avoided this controversy. And you have to go all out to win the World Series when your team has the opportunity to do so. Imagine if the Phillies had shut down Cole Hamels in 2008 because he had 227 innings pitched in the regular season. It's ridiculous.