Lance McCullers
Lance McCullers has pitched about a hundred innings in each of 2013 and 2014. Counting his 29 innings in the minors this year and 24 innings with the Astros this year he is now over 50 innings total...
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I thought of the very same question last night during the game. I would guess 150-180.
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I listened to a podcast interview with him on Houston Sports Beat. Very well spoken and intelligent. Seems to be grounded. Does not sound like 21 for sure. He's the real deal.
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Here is to hoping they don't derail his career like the Cubs did with Kerry Woods....Just because they can go another inning does not mean they should. I think going 9 inning yesterday was a...
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He doesn't have the same mechanical flaws as Wood, but I see your point. He's never thrown a complete game in pro ball until last night.
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I would say not all pitches are created equal. Some are higher stress. I'm not as concerned about one game with a high pitch count. What kills you are the multiple games. What is a concern is what...
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And Strasburg had Tommy John surgery anyway. So lot of good that did. I didn't agree with the Nationals' decision then and I don't now. You had a chance to go to the World Series and that's what these...
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I believe the surgery had been done before that season and was the reason for the limitation. Porter spoke about it to our SABR group and was not in favor of limiting pitchers in general, but said the...
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I'm not worried about an innings count with McCullers. If the Astros truly believe they are a playoff team, then they need to go out and get a veteran SP to be that 3rd SP you need in a 7 game series....
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Everytime I hear someone talk about a starting pitcher coming out of the bullpen flashes of Scott Elarton come to mind. He was a great pitcher came up and was pushed into the bull pen either 98. He...
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I don't think shutting him down is the answer either. There are plenty of other ideas available I'd prefer the Astros employ to limit his innings and also have him available for October if they need...
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Grydian wrote:Anyways I have no idea what we should do with Mccullers.Seems pretty simple to me. You drafted him to be a pitcher. Let him pitch. I don't like playing the "what if he gets injured" game...
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As I previously stated, Strasburg went under the knife AND THEN was limited, not the other way around. We can certainly argue the who, what, and how's forever, but letting young twenty something's...
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Kinda strange.I remember Dick Waggner shutting Nolan down after 100 pitches every game when he first got here. Musta helped because Nolan got another,what?,18 years out of it?...joke!....thats a...
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In this instance, we have two groups talking past each other. I don't think anyone here suggested limiting him to 150 innings. I think most would agree that anything north of 200 is too much. So that...
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Let's not get carried away. I think the cg was more of anomaly more than anything. I think he's more likely to be around the 6 inning mark or less like he was in his first 3 starts. The kid has...
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Grydian wrote:Everytime I hear someone talk about a starting pitcher coming out of the bullpen flashes of Scott Elarton come to mind. He was a great pitcher came up and was pushed into the bull pen...
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