why does everyone insist on worrying about a pitcher when he is around 100 pitches... i heard an interview on xm with don zimmer recently and he said its a joke how these managers coddle their pitchers... they really treat them like a bunch of pussies... finally tonight cole hamels has 101 after eight and manuel runs him out there and gets a complete game with 15 k's... he finished the game with 118 pitches which i dont think is that bad... its high but i would think if pitchers are pitching good games they can handle 120... next start though i would probably not allow him more than 100 being so early in the season... i just want everyones opinion on how many pitches is too much in a start???
it really depends what kind of pitcher your talking about
a knuckler or pure flamethrower can go much longer than someone with a wicked curve for example before putting too much stress on the tendons. pitch counts are never accurate indicators. the arm stress isnt a result of throwing x number of pitches. mostly its the result of throwing x number of money (stress) pitches.
but to answer your question i do think pitchers are coddled too much nowdays and there are also more specialty relievers now than 20-30 yrs ago, both of which lead managers to want to pull pitchers too quick.
a knuckler or pure flamethrower can go much longer than someone with a wicked curve for example before putting too much stress on the tendons. pitch counts are never accurate indicators. the arm stress isnt a result of throwing x number of pitches. mostly its the result of throwing x number of money (stress) pitches.
but to answer your question i do think pitchers are coddled too much nowdays and there are also more specialty relievers now than 20-30 yrs ago, both of which lead managers to want to pull pitchers too quick.
