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Johnny Footstool · 03-15-2010, 11:21 PM

I am a huge fan of letting young pitchers cut their teeth in a major league bullpen prior to thowing them into the rotation. It's a lot easier to baby their arms in middle relief while letting them learn how to get major league hitters out than to throw them to the wolves and let them pitch 150 innings of 5.50 ERA ball.

03-15-2010, 11:21 PM	#2
Johnny Footstool Churlish Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 13,663	Re: should Chapman, Leake, Wood pitch out of the pen in 2010? I am a huge fan of letting young pitchers cut their teeth in a major league bullpen prior to thowing them into the rotation. It's a lot easier to baby their arms in middle relief while letting them learn how to get major league hitters out than to throw them to the wolves and let them pitch 150 innings of 5.50 ERA ball. __________________ "I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful Last edited by Johnny Footstool; 03-15-2010 at 11:27 PM.