2012 MLB Regular Season Running Thread

How is it not? I actually read it, and what he is saying, essentially, is that Strasburg should be unleashed because, well, it's possible that his arm could go even if he wasn't limited. This :: "I could get cancer if I don't smoke, too, so I might as well smoke."

When you're playing the odds, a remote possibility =/= a distinct possibility.

 

Strasburg's surgery will be two years behind him come September. My understanding was that the second year back, which is where Strasburg is now, is when most pitcher's are all the way back.

I think the more relevant issue is his age and how few innings he threw last year. It seems like the Cardinals are going to let Adam Wainwright go and his injury and surgery were much more recent. But he has handled a full seaosn's workload many times before.

 

That is not all he is saying. He is also pointing to the evidence that debunks the Verducci Effect theory. If he didn't present any other evidence, you might have a point. But he did, so you don't.

 

Yeah, this is what the argument turns on for me. I have to know more about this.

 

Again, the Verducci Effect argument is not coming into play here for me until I know that Strasburg's surgery doesn't alter the equation. This doesn't seem like a typical increased workload case to me, because the injury is at least a factor.

 

Nothing against you, Dick, but god, I hate the "put yourself in their shoes" argument.

 

Yeah, can't believe I went there. I'm usually the one gunning it down on the death penalty threads with gusto.

 

Easier to pull the plug on Z as an also-ran than Stras as a first-place squad, I'd imagine.

And while this is gonna come off way more harshly than I intend, as a Nats fan I'm gonna be pissed if the organization passes up a chance to win the Series now and loses Strasburg to a mega-deal from the usual suspects in 4 or 5 years.

 

This is similar to a question that comes up in high school and college a lot, too: What duty does the organization owe to the player for the player's sake, independent from the team's interest? It seems like an ethical question more than anything. And a tough one.

 

College coaches are guilty of this all the time. This year there was a first-rounder - can't remember which one - whose stock tumbled at least for a few days because he threw like 140-150 pitches in a game.