Jacob deGrom most Ks in first 200 games

[packs]

You don't see why having limited innings the year before would impact the next season? Doesn't that happen all the time after an injury? A pitcher's innings are limited? Wouldn't you do the same thing for a pitcher who didn't throw much if you didn't want them to burn out?

A developing pitcher with no prior MLB experience who made the opening day roster in 2021 would have not pitched professionally at all in 2020.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

You don't see why having limited innings the year before would impact the next season? Doesn't that happen all the time after an injury? A pitcher's innings are limited? Wouldn't you do the same thing for a pitcher who didn't throw much if you didn't want them to burn out?

A developing pitcher with no prior MLB experience who made the opening day roster in 2021 would have not pitched professionally at all in 2020.

There is already a long off season. Not sure why the prior season is relevant.

[packs]

I guess because every other year you've been stretched over a full season and in 2020 you weren't. There was no minor league baseball in 2020 either.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by packs

You don't see why having limited innings the year before would impact the next season? Doesn't that happen all the time after an injury? A pitcher's innings are limited? Wouldn't you do the same thing for a pitcher who didn't throw much if you didn't want them to burn out?

A developing pitcher with no prior MLB experience who made the opening day roster in 2021 would have not pitched professionally at all in 2020.

No, no I don’t. What does recuperating from an injury have to do with it? Nobody got hurt and needed to rehab. It’s the same as every season, they take time off, come to spring training, and then play 162 games. What does a short season the year before do with it? How does that stop them from pitching a few more innings? This makes no sense.

[packs]

Originally Posted by G1911

No, no I don’t. What does recuperating from an injury have to do with it? Nobody got hurt and needed to rehab. It’s the same as every season, they take time off, come to spring training, and then play 162 games. What does a short season the year before do with it? How does that stop them from pitching a few more innings? This makes no sense.

They didn't play 162 games in 2020. Pitchers who might be used to throwing 200 innings threw a third of that.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

They didn't play 162 games in 2020. Pitchers who might be used to throwing 200 innings threw a third of that.

But by the time the new season begins it's in the ancient past.

[packs]

Double post

[packs]

What do you mean? It was a break unlike any other outside of a strike shortened season. It had never happened before so I don't know why you're saying it's routine.

[G1911]

Okay, let’s pretend a short season, which has happened several times before and did not result in pitchers being unable to throw a full season, just magically eliminated the ability of starters to hurl in 2021. We’ll just assume this is true, with no evidence.

What does it matter? Are you contesting the trend of pitcher innings decreasing over time?

Even if, again without any evidence or reason, you are correct, it doesn’t even matter.

[packs]

I'm saying you might start to see inning totals tick back up to 200 now that it's a full two years removed from the shortened season, which also started late and had an abbreviated spring training.

I guess you would just say it's a reflection of the times or something, maybe that it was just a coincidence, but 2021 was the first time pitchers led the league in innings pitched with counts under 200 since the 1994 strike season. You would say 2020 had nothing to do with that. I think it did.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by G1911

What does it matter? Are you contesting the trend of pitcher innings decreasing over time?

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