No point risking TJ for the window we’ll have him. This season is already a wash.
Huh…I guess the skull and crossbones come on a white flag as well
Shut him down in September. They’ll be 20+ games out of WC by then. TJ would wipe out all of 2026. I know they want some butts in seats but why
Nothing to win this season, so why even play the rest of the games. Just forfeit. That’s what this sounds like, loser talk.
Hey pops, can we go see Skenes pitch 3 innings this week!? SMH
That has already happened
Gotta keep that arm fresh for the Yankees or Dodgers.
Imagine talking yourself into limiting the innings of the only player that’s relevant on your team. Although it makes ZERO difference on if he will get hurt or not
They are driving his arb1 salary down. He may not reach 7 wins this season.
It would be irresponsible not to.
He will one day play for a professional baseball team so it’d be silly to have him over exert himself before then
I am of two minds on this because, on the one hand, obviously Skenes’ arm is the organization’s most valuable asset and it’s not close. If they have data/medical advice that limiting his innings maximizes chances of a full season next year then hell yeah, limit them.
But on the other hand I…kind of don’t believe that they do? I’ve read a lot about some of the cool new stuff/research on using biometric data to track injury risk so I know there are tons of ways they *could* be making smart decisions here but I really think they are just going on vibes. As far as I’m aware there is basically zero evidence that the one-size-fits-all “100 pitches is a lot, 70 pitches isn’t” approach does anything to limit injuries.
I have to agree with the old school pitchers. This is weakening arms of pitchers. Even the 100 pitch count is arbitrary there’s no science behind it. From my understanding it was a way for agents to market their pitchers to teams. Saying so and so throw over 100 pitches X amount of times this year give him a raise.
You don’t run a 5 mile marathon by training to run 1 mile.
“could”
Just went to watching 1 out of every 5 games and getting my heart torn from my ass to watching 0 games and not giving a shit, so that’s probably good.
Gotta save his arm for his next term! Another masterful plan by Ben Cherington, as always
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Preserving that future trade value
They have to keep his trade value high
No point risking TJ for the window we’ll have him. This season is already a wash.
Huh…I guess the skull and crossbones come on a white flag as well
Shut him down in September. They’ll be 20+ games out of WC by then. TJ would wipe out all of 2026. I know they want some butts in seats but why
Nothing to win this season, so why even play the rest of the games. Just forfeit. That’s what this sounds like, loser talk.
Hey pops, can we go see Skenes pitch 3 innings this week!? SMH
That has already happened
Gotta keep that arm fresh for the Yankees or Dodgers.
Imagine talking yourself into limiting the innings of the only player that’s relevant on your team. Although it makes ZERO difference on if he will get hurt or not
They are driving his arb1 salary down. He may not reach 7 wins this season.
It would be irresponsible not to.
He will one day play for a professional baseball team so it’d be silly to have him over exert himself before then
I am of two minds on this because, on the one hand, obviously Skenes’ arm is the organization’s most valuable asset and it’s not close. If they have data/medical advice that limiting his innings maximizes chances of a full season next year then hell yeah, limit them.
But on the other hand I…kind of don’t believe that they do? I’ve read a lot about some of the cool new stuff/research on using biometric data to track injury risk so I know there are tons of ways they *could* be making smart decisions here but I really think they are just going on vibes. As far as I’m aware there is basically zero evidence that the one-size-fits-all “100 pitches is a lot, 70 pitches isn’t” approach does anything to limit injuries.
I have to agree with the old school pitchers. This is weakening arms of pitchers. Even the 100 pitch count is arbitrary there’s no science behind it. From my understanding it was a way for agents to market their pitchers to teams. Saying so and so throw over 100 pitches X amount of times this year give him a raise.
You don’t run a 5 mile marathon by training to run 1 mile.
“could”
Just went to watching 1 out of every 5 games and getting my heart torn from my ass to watching 0 games and not giving a shit, so that’s probably good.
Gotta save his arm for his next term! Another masterful plan by Ben Cherington, as always