Saturday, March 19, 2005

How many pitches?

This from a story about the Phillies:

The Phillies are pushing their starting pitchers harder this spring in an effort to avoid another slow start.

Under new pitching coach Rich Dubee, the starters already are hitting 70-to-75 pitches. They’re scheduled to hit 100 before spring training ends.

In previous seasons, the starters usually topped out in the 80s under former pitching coach Joe Kerrigan.

“If we get to 100 pitches, that means in the start of the season we can run ’em six and seven innings,” Manuel said.

A year ago, the Phillies’ five starters pitched into the seventh inning five times in a 10-11 April.

“There’s no sense taxing our bullpen early,” pitcher Brett Myers said. “We have to get ready for 100 pitches at some point. Sooner than later is better.”

That's Randy Miller's prose for the Bucks County Courier Times.

What are the Pirates doing under the great Spin? I don't have a clue. I don't see any pitch counts in my USA Today boxscores.

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