re: Skenes dominated again

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It's so dumb that they aren't stretching him out at all.

BMac made a good point on twitter how this is all non-sensical that he is being capped at 3 innings each outing this year when he was throwing 100+ pitches every week a year ago.

Not saying he should throw 100 in a AAA game, but at least let him get up to 75 to start stretching him out so he can be called up to start in Pittsburgh.

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Please note the following:

1. The AAA/MLB season is more than twice as long as a college baseball season, therefore a starting pitcher will be tasked with making at least 2x the amount of starts than when in college over a season.

2. Said pitcher will also be tasked with pitching on four to five days rest in AAA/MLB as opposed to at least six if not seven days rest in college baseball.

3. Starting a pitcher off slowly while building stamina in order to make twice as many starts on less rest in between starts requires a process of limiting pitch count early in the build-up process.

The Pirates are accelerating Skenes advancement to the majors, but are taking a measured approach to getting him ready for the grind. There will be an increase in pitch count/innings pitched as the season progresses. The first step is the acclimation to pitching on less rest between starts.

Nothing stupid in the Pirates approach, it is the correct way.

I admittedly don’t know a whole lot about the transition required for a pitcher from AAA to the Majors, but with the 3 inning count they have him on is there any chance they are just going to call him up to be a late reliever/closer this year??

And then let him work himself into the full time starting rotation next year?