Reply to "With all the talk of pitch counts . . ."

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I don't know anything about D2, D3, NAIA, or JUCO usage patterns, so you could find me a persuadable audience if you present some data.

Innings pitched is a different measure, but your numbers aren't alarming. I have heard one major conference pitching coach with a phenomenal record keeping his pitchers healthy say he believes pitchers should not throw more than 100 competitive pitches times their age in a calender year. A 20 year old throwing 90 innings in a college season would almost certainly be within that range. Also, if those 90 innings are distributed over a D1 season, it works out to less than 8 innings per week, which is almost certainly in the ballpark of recommended pitch limits.

The typical D1 program uses about 15-18 pitchers to get about 1500 outs in the season. That's manageable, even with high variation in the number of innings pitched by each pitcher.

5/12/111:20 PM

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