Why haven't we shut down Randy Wells yet?

[Rob]

Yeaaaa let's baby pitchers more. Pitchers can't pitch a lot because they aren't used a lot. Pitchers used to be able to go a lot more innings because they always pitched a lot of innings and their arms thus built the durability for it over time. Pitchers can't pitch nearly as much nowadays because they are babied due to fear of injury. If he is healthy let him pitch. If his arm is feeling tired then pull him.

 

And the burnout rate for pitchers was a lot higher "back in the day."

 

Is it true that organizations may have gone overboard in "babying" pitchers? Sure. There are quite a few pitchers who can easily surpass the arbitrary 100 pitch mark without significantly increased injury risk.

 

Young pitchers with an already huge jump in their workload though? Come on.

[Sammy Sofa]

Look, he's already the footballknowitall; he can't also be the baseballknowitall.

[DiamondMind]

Yeaaaa let's baby pitchers more. Pitchers can't pitch a lot because they aren't used a lot. Pitchers used to be able to go a lot more innings because they always pitched a lot of innings and their arms thus built the durability for it over time. Pitchers can't pitch nearly as much nowadays because they are babied due to fear of injury. If he is healthy let him pitch. If his arm is feeling tired then pull him.

 

And the burnout rate for pitchers was a lot higher "back in the day."

 

Is it true that organizations may have gone overboard in "babying" pitchers? Sure. There are quite a few pitchers who can easily surpass the arbitrary 100 pitch mark without significantly increased injury risk.

 

Young pitchers with an already huge jump in their workload though? Come on.

 

There's truth to both sides of the argument here. I just don't see any reason to shut down Wells at this point, in this context.

[DiamondMind]

When I was a kid my dad used to burn my arm with cigarette butts just for the hell of it. He'd do that, drink a bottle of mouthwash and go to sleep.

 

Is that what instilled all that narcissistic sarcasm in you? :P

[Drew Doughty]

When I was a kid my dad used to burn my arm with cigarette butts just for the hell of it. He'd do that, drink a bottle of mouthwash and go to sleep.

 

Is that what instilled all that narcissistic sarcasm in you? :P

 

i don't think narcissistic means what you want it to mean.

[Outshined_One]

When I was a kid my dad used to burn my arm with cigarette butts just for the hell of it. He'd do that, drink a bottle of mouthwash and go to sleep.

 

Is that what instilled all that narcissistic sarcasm in you? :P

 

i don't think narcissistic means what you want it to mean.

 

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[jersey cubs fan]

Yeaaaa let's baby pitchers more. Pitchers can't pitch a lot because they aren't used a lot. Pitchers used to be able to go a lot more innings because they always pitched a lot of innings and their arms thus built the durability for it over time. Pitchers can't pitch nearly as much nowadays because they are babied due to fear of injury. If he is healthy let him pitch. If his arm is feeling tired then pull him.

 

And the burnout rate for pitchers was a lot higher "back in the day."

 

Is it true that organizations may have gone overboard in "babying" pitchers? Sure. There are quite a few pitchers who can easily surpass the arbitrary 100 pitch mark without significantly increased injury risk.

 

Young pitchers with an already huge jump in their workload though? Come on.

 

There's truth to both sides of the argument here. I just don't see any reason to shut down Wells at this point, in this context.

 

If there's truth to both sides of the argument then you can's say there is no reason to shut him down at this point. If there's no reason, then you don't think there's any truth to the side of the argument that young arms should be treated somewhat cautiously, especially when there is nothing to be gained by using a guy, and the team has been talking about reducing his workload for over a month already because he's gone way beyond what he's ever done before.

[Cubswin11]

Wells is starting in one of the games of the DH against the Pirates, FWIW

[Grit amp Heart]

wells is going to suck next year anyways, so whats it matter

[Wheelimus]

If he's pitching in the Pirates DH, then I'd just let him throw. Nothing like kicking a AAA's team ass to keep your confidence high!

 

But at this point, anytime they shut him down is fine by me. The sooner the better. '09 is already going to be about hearbreak...lets not tempt fate too much here. It's all fun and games until one of your 2010 rotation undergoes TJ Surgery because of one too many starts.