http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/eye-...elbow-shoulder
I know this is a Yahoo article, but I can see it being relevant to our team. It is a long article, but the gist is that it might be more effective to limit the innings of pitchers so they can pitch in more games.
The author uses the example of the Nationals pitchers:
Game 1:
Stephen Strasburg: 3 innings
Gio Gonzalez: 4 innings
Tyler Clippard: 2 innings
Game 2:
Jordan Zimmerman: 3 innings
Dan Haren: 3 innings
Craig Stammen: 2 innings
Rafael Soriano: 1 inning
Game 3:
Ross Detwiler: 3 innings
Drew Storen: 2 innings
Ross Ohlendorf: 2 innings
Henry Rodriguez: 2 innings
This is just an example, but the advantages are many. First, you get to throw Strasburg and Gonzalez in every series -- no rival gets to play the Nats without facing both of those guys (and Zimmerman). Second, you save guys' strength for the postseason. They still throw 6-8 innings a week, but they do it with more recovery time and less strain on their arms. Third, you get to give your bullpen consistent innings. As a reliever you're no longer sitting in the 'pen the entire game speculating about whether or not you'll throw. Reliever's workloads become more consistent and their arms would benefit as well.
I think this would be effective with our rotation when Cueto returns because then we would have 6 good starters in the rotation and this way they would all get some time to pitcher as well as keeping our BP loose. Not to mention the limit of 3 to 5 innings would be very good for Cueto and his lat issues. Also, this could be good for payroll as our pitchers would not have much weight to throw around come negotiation time.
Again I know this is Yahoo and would not likely happen in this organization with our manager and talent, but just thought it would be interesting to gauge the community about how it would affect this team if it was implemented.