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re: National's decision to shut down Strasburg
Posted on 10/11/12 at 3:46 am to benhamin5555
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
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Posted on 10/11/12 at 4:10 am to Roughneck
If you want to criticize the nationals then criticize them for starting him early because once he hit his inning limit they made the right call based on the info they had. He's never even remotely approached 160 innings pitched in his career much less after tommy John surgery. He'd be at a career high of IP by almost 80-100 at this point in the season. I feel fairly confident that he would have started to fade.
So starting him late or in the bull pen. The nats won 10 of 12 for strasburgs first 12 starts through mid June. Replace him with a AAA starter and that's easyily a 5 game swing. He helped build there momentum so you really don't know if they would have won the division without him starting the season.
Also no one knew the nats would be this good so all these talking heads have the benefit of hindsight.
Hamels 2008 season is a terrible example, he pitched 180+ innings the year before and wasn't coming off TJ surgery.
So starting him late or in the bull pen. The nats won 10 of 12 for strasburgs first 12 starts through mid June. Replace him with a AAA starter and that's easyily a 5 game swing. He helped build there momentum so you really don't know if they would have won the division without him starting the season.
Also no one knew the nats would be this good so all these talking heads have the benefit of hindsight.
Hamels 2008 season is a terrible example, he pitched 180+ innings the year before and wasn't coming off TJ surgery.
Posted on 10/11/12 at 4:13 am to Roughneck
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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.
If I was a veteran on that team, I would be pissed. Maybe they can wait another 80+ years for the next playoff game in Washington.
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