Oh, this was in reference to the 9th, where they scored 5 runs and all of the scoring plays involved minor leaguers.
Nice to see Rondon back out there. Even though they weren't facing the Nats regulars, he & McHugh each went 9 pitches, 9 strikes, 3 Ks in their respective inning of work.
Seriously, if he can't get his exit velo above 95mph and hit a launch angle between 25 and 35 degrees in 80% or more of his at bats, the boy is just garbage.
You can't trust the box score pitch counts in Spring training games. Every single player on either team struck out on three pitches if you go by the play by play.
Does ST really need to be 6-7 weeks? If all those guys who had ZERO chance of making the starting roster were elsewhere, the extra AB's given to others alone would cut the time a few weeks.
Honestly I think it's the pitchers that make the teams want to push ST to its current length. They usually want relievers to get in 7 to 10 innings of work and starters, up to 20 or so. With so many pitchers to evaluate, it just requires a certain number of innings to allow that many pitchers get that amount of work in.
I knew someone would say this. But lots of things, baseball and otherwise, continue based on precedent, not need.
How many players have you interviewed on this subject? How many studies have you done? What evidence do you have that it's not needed?
Regardless of how long spring training is, baseball is still not going to start until around April 1.
So that's a yes? What I get for trusting mlb.com boxscores. I'll hang up and listen now. eta: they still have that listed... http://m.mlb.com/player/543521/collin-mchugh?year=2018&stats=gamelogs-s-pitching-mlb http://m.mlb.com/player/444468/hector-rondon?year=2018&stats=gamelogs-s-pitching-mlb
