here's prior's pitch counts, starting from the second game back after the marcus giles collision: 116 118 100 116 131 129 109 124 131 133 133 116 119 that's an average of 121+ pitches per game from august to october, including 125 per game over his last 9 starts, in a season where he was (a) 23 years old and (b) pitching 60 more innings than he had in any other season of his life. arrieta's season high in pitches (123) was tonight, meaning that prior threw more pitches in 6 of his last 9 starts of 2003 than arrieta has in any single outing in 2015. get a grip, folks.