The Brewers are going to have Yovani Gallardo skip his next start:
Gallardo won’t take the ball again until Sept. 15 at Wrigley Field, and the Brewers are still unclear what the plan will be beyond that outing. The reason is to cut back on Gallardo’s innings and pitches since the Brewers’ playoff hopes are about officially dashed.
The Brewers won’t completely shut down Gallardo, but they are concerned because he threw just 24 big-league innings last season thanks to two knee injuries and is at 175 1/3 innings this season. He is also at 3,022 pitches after Saturday’s start against the San Francisco Giants.
He also is fourth in the National League in pitches thrown and seventh in pitches per inning while being just 15th in innings pitched.
It seems like it’s a little late to be worrying about his innings now.
Posted by David Pinto at 11:36 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | 1 Comment
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September 7th, 2009 @ 11:29 am
I agree…it’s like putting a car into a garage to protect it after being in a hailstorm. Pointless.