Pitcher abuse, Kerri vs Verducci: FIGHT

I think what the Nationalsdid with Strasburg was absurd. If you knew all along you were going to limit him, then it could have easily been handled so he was pitching in September and October. Simple and easy. It's a friable offense to have your best starter healthy sitting on the bench in the post season when, it wasn't disciplinary in nature.

I think pitch counts and innings limits are overrated and over emphasized. There is so much unknown about these things that it makes no sense to put so much stock into them. Strasburg still blew out his arm. Pitchers do all the time and will continue to do so. Teams should monitor them either strength tests, etc, but kept them pitch if all checks out. A pitcher shouldn't be limited to 100 pitches unless that pitcher loses his effectiveness after that number. Maybe one guys number is 90 and someone else's 115. The fact that the number of pitches they use is 100 tells me all I need to know. It's BS. Pitching is bad for an arm, that's about all we know.