Strasburg has only 60 innings left according to Nationals Manager

[Cobb]

WASHINGTON -- Rookie Stephen Strasburg will start the Washington Nationals' first game after the All-Star break, on July 16 at the Florida Marlins, and then stick to a regular turn in the rotation until exhausting his 160-innings limit for the season.

 

After going six innings and earning the win in Washington's 8-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night, Strasburg had pitched 98 innings in 2010 -- 42 2/3 in seven starts in the majors and 55 1/3 at two levels in the minors.

 

That leaves 62 innings to reach the ceiling the Nationals set for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft as he adjusts from college to professional baseball. If he continues to average about six innings per outing, that would mean about 10 more starts this season after Friday's game, which would carry him into the first week of September.

 

"When the innings are done, they're done," Washington manager Jim Riggleman said. "If that falls at the end of August or early September, then that'll be it."

ESPN.com

 

Very, very smart move on the part of the Nationals.

[Flight]

Good move, it's not like the Nats are really a threat even though they're much improved.

[Lkr]

Sounds good, you don't want to overwork your future

[fish7718]

I disagree, dumb. There's no science that says throwing more innings will wreck his future imo they are just stunting his growth because he's going to have to stretch out his arm to throw 200 innings a year anyway. The nats literally treat this guy like a tiny baby, it's pathetic.

[Phightins]

I don't have a problem with this. I think people underestimate how much damage a huge innings-pitched jump can potentially have on a pitcher. The Nationals are going nowhere this year, no reason to push it with any of their young pitchers, especially with Strasburg.

Edited July 11, 2010 by Phightins

[Guest STL10]

Bob Gibson threw 350 pitches a game in the 60's, and it didn't affect him.

 

All this stuff is BS.

[Phightins]

Bob Gibson threw 350 pitches a game in the 60's, and it didn't affect him.

 

All this stuff is BS.

 

You said it yourself. Bob Gibson pitched in the 1960's, pre Tommy-John, pre-pitch count, pre-multi million dollar guaranteed contracts, etc. Stephen Strasburg's signing bonus is worth more than Bob Gibson's entire career earnings. Like it or not, this is a different era.

Edited July 12, 2010 by Phightins