Comments on: Yankees ailing pitchers http://mysportsrumors.com/blog/2008/05/29/yankees-ailing-pitchers/ Your home for sports news and rumors. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:43:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Christopher http://mysportsrumors.com/blog/2008/05/29/yankees-ailing-pitchers/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Michael Christopher Fri, 30 May 2008 15:44:19 +0000 http://mysportsrumors.com/blog/?p=318#comment-39 I can't remember any time in recent history where a team has used this method of stretching out a reliever to make him a starter once the season has started. It's pretty intriguing to watch. Anyway, going from 27 pitches to 55 pitches isn't going to cut it. I don't think he should be starting anytime soon, even though people expect him to start Monday or Tuesday. Is a starter that can throw an effective 55 pitches really any better than an infective starter throwing 110 pitches? I dunno.. I can’t remember any time in recent history where a team has used this method of stretching out a reliever to make him a starter once the season has started. It’s pretty intriguing to watch.

Anyway, going from 27 pitches to 55 pitches isn’t going to cut it. I don’t think he should be starting anytime soon, even though people expect him to start Monday or Tuesday. Is a starter that can throw an effective 55 pitches really any better than an infective starter throwing 110 pitches? I dunno..

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