Golfman25 posted:cabbagedad posted:Agree with the last two posts that it is case by case - lots of variables to be considered. Here's one that hasn't been brought up... JV teams are supposed to be developmental. Most JV teams have at least seven or eight kids who have potential as P's (our current JV squad has ten we would like to look at). It's always a challenge to find game innings to let them develop and get comfortable against live opponents when you only play two or three games a week. That's much harder to do when you stretch your starters out six innings.
But part of development is pushing the endurance, no? Under most states rules he'll be down for the next 3-4 days. So assuming another game or two in that period (we will average 4-5 games per week) there are innings for the others.
So given that it's the end of their season, relatively warm, I'd say 90 is ok.
If we averaged 4-5 games per week, it would be an entirely different story. But, like I said, we only play two or three (two more often than three). A couple times a year, we will have a non-league DH added in. So for those few weeks, we play 4 and it isn't a problem getting guys innings. But those are exceptions. With ten guys we want to keep throwing, it becomes a difficult and delicate balance, particularly with the 2 game weeks.
With inevitable attrition, I'm usually more inclined to have my JV coach keep more guys throwing (thus fewer innings per) and arms plenty healthy and fresh rather than focus on just a few of the best only to lose them later to transfers, grades, girls, other sports, etc., and be stuck with under-developed guys. We've been experimenting with a rotation that includes some intersquad work but it's tough to stick to regularly when there are always so many aspects of the game that need reviewed and practiced and some nights are game nights.