162 Inning Pitchers are Disappearing

[Tripredacus]

It cannot all be due to managers being creative and using the bullpen more. What effect does injuries have on this trend? Are pitcher injuries up over the years?

[D. Bergin]

Middle Relief pitchers will begin to get more consideration from Cy Young Award voters.

[D. Bergin]

Out of curiosity, I looked up the Yanks pitchers, and they will likely only have 1 pitcher (Tanaka), qualify with enough innings for the ERA title.

Yanks top two WAR pitchers are relievers (Britton and Ottavino).

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Out of curiosity, I looked up the Yanks pitchers, and they will likely only have 1 pitcher (Tanaka), qualify with enough innings for the ERA title.



Yanks top two WAR pitchers are relievers (Britton and Ottavino).

That’s a surprise.

My Red Sox will have two SPs qualify for the ERA title with 162 or more innings, although the downside is that one of them is Rick Porcello...

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Out of curiosity, I looked up the Yanks pitchers, and they will likely only have 1 pitcher (Tanaka), qualify with enough innings for the ERA title.

Yanks top two WAR pitchers are relievers (Britton and Ottavino).

Originally Posted by AGuinness

That’s a surprise.

My Red Sox will have two SPs qualify for the ERA title with 162 or more innings, although the downside is that one of them is Rick Porcello...

Both are ahead of the Brewers with zero. Consider yourself lucky.

Zach Davies needs 12 more innings, but has been averaging less than 5 innings per start.

[todeen]

Cincinnati Reds have two (Luis Castillo and Sonny Gray) and Anthony Desclafani could be a third if he has two remarkable starts to end the season - he is 14 innings away. Trevor Bauer has thrown over 200 innings, but since he was traded mid-season he can't qualify for a league ERA award.

To me, the future holds changing the rules for qualification. They could change the rules to games-started, rather than innings pitched, and inflate the number of qualifying pitchers. By doing that, you still end up with the healthiest pitchers, and presumably the best pitchers fans would want to see qualify anyway.

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Both are ahead of the Brewers with zero. Consider yourself lucky.

I believe Ricky P. Has the highest ERA for qualified pitchers in MLB this year, not the kind of luck I’m looking for...

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by AGuinness

I believe Ricky P. Has the highest ERA for qualified pitchers in MLB this year, not the kind of luck I’m looking for...

With fewer qualifying pitchers each year, it becomes easier to excel at either end of the scale.