If the only goal is to win a title, stopping Strasburg at 165 makes zero sense

[Tommy Fits]

They upped it to 180 innings counting the playoffs. I know gave him an innings limit but I see no way they can bench him if this team is in the playoffs. Get him extra rest between starts from here on out until the playoffs or start him late next season, but you can't rest him in the playoffs. They look young and primed to control the division for the next few season but so did the 2003 Cubs and 2006 Mets. Nothing is guaranteed.

 

[mastermind]

hahaha...ass

 

[Walt]

The benefits of an innings cap have been debunked by some very smart baseball people already. Pitchers get hurt all the time, with and without innings caps and there's no way to prevent it. Not to mention using innings as opposed to pitches thrown is patently stupid. And taking one of the top 5-10 pitchers in baseball out of your rotation during a possible title run is so fukking infuriatingly asinine that if the Nats do it I'll root for them to fail every season as long as I watch baseball.

 

[Street Knowledge]

They could get to the WS though

 

[infamous212]

not fair to fans of the franchise.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Innings limits are bullshyt imo. And I'll post some info stating why in a bit

However pitches thrown per games should be limited

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

They dont have this problem in cricket

 

[A Friend of The People]

Is this the only sports where a team would voluntarily bench one of their best players during a postseason run

The fukk?

 

[HookersandIceCream]

They dont have this problem in cricket

Throwing a baseball is unnatural to the human body


The amount of torque needed to throw in excess of the century mark is greater than the amount of force the ulnar collateral ligament (the elbow ligament Strasburg tore) can withstand before giving out, according to tests Fleisig has done on cadavers. When a pitcher cocks his arm, where it is turned back to the point where the palm is facing toward the sky, there's about 100 Newton-meters of torque on the arm, which subjects the arm to the same amount of stress as if the pitcher had a 60-pound weight hanging from his hand in that position

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Throwing a baseball is unnatural to the human body


The amount of torque needed to throw in excess of the century mark is greater than the amount of force the ulnar collateral ligament (the elbow ligament Strasburg tore) can withstand before giving out, according to tests Fleisig has done on cadavers. When a pitcher cocks his arm, where it is turned back to the point where the palm is facing toward the sky, there's about 100 Newton-meters of torque on the arm, which subjects the arm to the same amount of stress as if the pitcher had a 60-pound weight hanging from his hand in that position

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

No wonder Lincecum has fallen off

 

[The_Sheff]

Ask Dusty Baker if you can fukk up someones career by working the shyt out of them.

 

[Pedro Negro]

They upped it to 180 innings counting the playoffs. I know gave him an innings limit but I see no way they can bench him if this team is in the playoffs. Get him extra rest between starts from here on out until the playoffs or start him late next season, but you can't rest him in the playoffs. They look young and primed to control the division for the next few season but so did the 2003 Cubs and 2006 Mets. Nothing is guaranteed.

This.

The Nats COULD be good for the next 4-5 years...................or maybe they could not.

Bryce Harper could have a career ending injury.

Zimmerman could have another injury.

Etc, etc, etc...

Go for the gusto NOW while you're in the thick of things and don't worry about what COULD happen next year and the year after.

 

[Tommy Fits]

Ask Dusty Baker if you can fukk up someones career by working the shyt out of them.

No one said send him out there for 135 pitches in cold damp weather.

 

[The War Report]

They upped it to 180 innings counting the playoffs. I know gave him an innings limit but I see no way they can bench him if this team is in the playoffs. Get him extra rest between starts from here on out until the playoffs or start him late next season, but you can't rest him in the playoffs. They look young and primed to control the division for the next few season but so did the 2003 Cubs and 2006 Mets. Nothing is guaranteed.

He's not pitching in the playoffs.