2012 MLB Season

TheProgtologist wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Is sitting Strasburg after he gets to 160 innings a wise move for Washington with them in the midst of a pennant race and with the best record in baseball?  I can understand with his youth and Tommy John surgery wanting to protect him, but what if this is a one-time only shot for the Nationals to go to the playoffs and possibly the World Series.  After all, I don't expect the Phillies to be a last place team again with that roster being healthy.    I can respect the GM sticking to his guns, but the temptation to continue to use him would have to be awfully great.  Ridiculous,and if I was Strasburg I'd be looking for another team come contract time.I can understand the Nats reasoning behind the decision,but they need to stop babying him and let the man pitch.

Well apparently, their GM has gone and consulted multiple surgeons and others in the medical field who are experts on Tommy John surgery, and the general consensus is that after 160-180 innings, you greatly increase the risk of another similar injury. I would have sat the guy at the beginning of August, had him pitch 2-3 games max after that, and overall just made sure he stayed in shape. Because now they aren't going to have him for the playoffs. I understand and completely support them benching him after a certain number of innings, but I disagree with their approach for doing it. It's borderline idiotic IMO.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: The Phillies are a team on a steep decline who will unfortunately probably not be serious contenders for some years now after next year passes. The Nationals are only going to be better going forward. Harper's skill set won't peak for another few years, but still next year he figures to show improvements. Strasburg is the best young pitcher in baseball. He'll get better too. You want to protect that investment. Precisely because they have the best record in baseball, they should be cautious with their assets. They figure to make the post-season without or with him at this point. Sit him down. Let's not forget their pitching staff is very good after Strasburg too.

rushfan4 wrote: Is sitting Strasburg after he gets to 160 innings a wise move for Washington with them in the midst of a pennant race and with the best record in baseball?  I can understand with his youth and Tommy John surgery wanting to protect him, but what if this is a one-time only shot for the Nationals to go to the playoffs and possibly the World Series.  After all, I don't expect the Phillies to be a last place team again with that roster being healthy.    I can respect the GM sticking to his guns, but the temptation to continue to use him would have to be awfully great.

Where's Jody?  Tigers and O's go head-to-head for 3 games at Comerica Park this weekend.  Wild Card spot is on the table.  Go Tigers!!!!

Yeah!  Tigers beat the Twinkies 5 - 1 and Benoit pitched the 9th inning without giving up 2 home runs, as he had done in each of his previous 3 appearances.  (I think it was 10 home runs in his last 14 innings before today).

Is sitting Strasburg after he gets to 160 innings a wise move for Washington with them in the midst of a pennant race and with the best record in baseball?  I can understand with his youth and Tommy John surgery wanting to protect him, but what if this is a one-time only shot for the Nationals to go to the playoffs and possibly the World Series.  After all, I don't expect the Phillies to be a last place team again with that roster being healthy. 

The Tigers beat the Evil Empire again last night 6 to 5, in spite of the best efforts of Jose Valverde to give the game away.  I really hate leaving a game that we won in a pissed off mood and yesterday was one of those games.  The Tigers took a 6 to 3 lead into the 9th and Valverde proceeded to give up 2 runs and the Evil Empire had guys on 2nd and 3rd with no outs and former Tiger Curtis Granderson at the plate.  First pitch, Granderson ripped a shot down the line that was just foul (from our seats in right-center there was no way of telling until the umpire called it foul.)  He got Granderson to pop out a mile high to Fielder to end the game but by that point the entire crowd was spitting bullets and booing Valverde for every ball that he threw.  33 pitches thrown and almost half of them were balls.  On a side note, Ibanez had a great at-bat to draw a walk after falling behind 0 balls and 2 strikes.  He fouled off at least 4 pitches in the process. 

Edited by rushfan4 - August 08 2012 at 13:48

Buccos win 2 in a row. Hoping they sweep the D'backs and have a good homestand. Counting down the wins to break the streak.

rushfan4 wrote: What's the deal?  The Mariners trade Ichiro, and then go on and win 7 games in a row.

Liking the Buccos chances of finally breaking the streak. McCutch for MVP. The guy is having a career season when the Buccos need it the most.