Reply to "Justin Verlander on the rash of arm injuries this year"

auberon500+ posts

@TexasLefty posted:
So does the game ever shift back to pitching rather than velo obsessed and pitchers that can go (or allowed to go) 7+ innings? Does it happen from the MLB for monetary reasons?

Definitely not monetary reasons. The increase in pitchers with high velo has decreased the premium teams have to pay for it. Teams have figured out how to churn through anonymous relievers throwing 95+ and getting paid the minimum. The teams with the lowest payroll use the most pitchers. The A's used 41 different pitchers last season. The Rays used 40. Total pitchers used in MLB increased from 557 in 1998 to 863 in 2023.

4/16/2411:38 PM

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