re: National's decision to shut down Strasburg

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They assessed the risks and found that a five-man rotation with continuous starts (4-5 days in between) minimized his risk of damage because longer amounts of time between starts threw off his bullpen sessions and skipped starts was more dangerous to his arm.

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So have him start the season in May. There were many ways they could of handled this, the Nats choose the worst possible one.