2X2L
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Luke Hochevar's final line was not pretty in a one-sided loss in Oakland, but he threw better than the numbers would indicate. In shutting out Oakland in the first three innings, he used a variety of pitches in different counts and had the Athletics off-balance. He got a couple of ground balls and a weak fly ball in the first, whiffed Chris Denorfia on a sinking fastball in the second, froze Rob Bowen with a 93 mph fastball for strike three to end the second right after setting that pitch up with a changeup.
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Zack Greinke getting ready to face Kurt Suzuki in the bottom of the 1st inning, April 19.
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Mark Teahen preparing to scorch a Chad Gaudin slider into centerfield, to no avail.
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Use and Abuse
by 2X2L
on Apr 17, 2008 9:56 AM PDT
In recent GameThreads we've had some vigorous discussion of pitch counts, spurred mostly by familiarity with the work of Rany Jazayerli and Keith Woolner of Baseball Prospectus and a resulting general caution about the workload of starting pitchers. The main question has been whether Hillman's use of Bannister and Greinke in recent starts has subjected them a greater probability of decline or injury, and the answer — with the proviso that all pitchers are always subject to injury — is no, there is no reason to anticipate a greater likelihood of trouble.
Other writers have responded to the BP study with additional research that may be of interest to folks who have seen only the BP material. So for further reading on this topic for those inclined to this sort of thing, I've collected several links here for convenience that I've mostly provided elsewhere in now days-old GameThreads.
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