Strasburg Won't Skip Starts, But Will Be Limited To 150-160 Innings

[NV]

RealGM

Stephen Strasburg will be limited to 150-160 innings this season, but the Nationals won't skip his turn in the rotation.

Nationals teammate Jordan Zimmermann threw 161 1/3 innings last year following elbow-ligament replacement surgery and hopes to reach 200 this season.

"There's not going to be a whole lot of tinkering going on," general manager Mike Rizzo said.

"We're going to run him out there until his innings are done. ... He's a young pitcher that's still learning how to pitch in the big leagues. I think it's unfair to get him ramped up in spring training and start the season on a regular rotation and then shut him down or skip him. We're just going to make him comfortable."

I mean I know he was hurt last year and has yet to pitch a full year at the MLB level, but there's gotta be a time where you just let the guy go out and pitch. If he's having a great year without any signs of slowing down you shouldn't shut him down. I just think going into a year with this kind of mindset is stupid, look how babying pitchers has worked out (Strasburg, Chamberlain, etc.)

 

[Elite]

Just do the exact opposite of what the Yankees did with Hughes and Joba and he should reach his potential.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

babying him is exactly what got him into this injury mess. Build up his arm strength and don't look back.

 

[cruzg24]

This is stupid, he needs to pitch and get as much experience as possible. I love how baseball is changing to coddle these pitchers today. Back in the day pitchers used to pitch complete games like it was nothing, now 6 or 7 innings max with pitch count limits of a 100. He needs to continue to pitch and work so he wont get re-injured.

 

[elcheato]

babying him is exactly what got him into this injury mess. Build up his arm strength and don't look back.

What? The injury was a freak accident pretty much.