In a short series anything can happen, especially now since they added Price. Hopefully we can have home field.
With all the concern about McCullers' IP, Astros also need to monitor Colin's as well. He's now passed his career high (154.2) with 165.1. Team should skip him a couple of starts before the postseason.
He's at his career high MLB innings, but not his career high yet. It feels weird in retrospect, but he started last year in the minors. He actually threw 174 innings last season. He also threw 170 in 2012. It would be a career high, but not a huge jump. If we build this cushion up further it will be interesting how we handle it. Do we go to a straight 6 man rotation. And in the postseason, who exactly would get the ball after Keuchel and Kazmir. You could make a good case for all of them.
Funny how times have changed. Larry Dierker threw over 300+ innings for the Astros as 22 year old in '69. Dwight Gooden had 16 complete games in 1985 at 20 years old!
Pitchers couldn't do that now days if the manager wanted them to. I guess the arms are not what they use to be.
I don't understand this. How are arms not what they use to be when we have better nutrition and workout programs nowadays?
Because today's players are playing baseball year round instead of the season being contained to the spring/summer.
Good news about McHugh. Hard to believe either he, McCullers, or Fiers won't be in playoff rotation. Feldman too. Stros have a wealth of starters and should run away with the division. I'm thinking we win by 7+ games.
At 46. Satchel Paige had enough in the tank to throw 117 innings to Ryan's 66. Makes you wonder if they should have just shut him down a little sooner in '86...
At 46, Jamie Moyer pitched 162 innings for the phillies and won 12 games. At 49, he threw 50 innings for the Rockies. The only pitcher to yhroe a shutout in 4 decades. His son was drafted in the 7th round this year by the way.
