With how great he's been sometimes I forget Castillo is a rookie who skipped AAA.
It's probably just paranoia but with the Atlanta start and now tonight, I hope there isn't a "Book" getting out on Castillo where you just have to foul enough pitches off until you get something hittable.
Probably nothing, as I said earlier. He's a rookie who skipped AAA so he's bound to have nights like this.
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Marte K's
2nd inning finally over after 58 pitches.
Pitching was different in the past when we had less information. Film at 11.
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The Operator (09-01-2017),Tom Servo (09-01-2017)
I'm a fan of Welsh but his whole thing about babying pitchers and injuries is ridiculous. It's not 1970, nobody is going to throw dominate complete games on 100something pitches regularly.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
The Operator (09-01-2017)
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Nice inning
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
There is something inherently satisfying about a pitcher going deep into games and especially completing the whole thing.
I think a big part of it in addition to stricter pitch counts is the fact that pitchers are K'ing batters a lot more now. I've been surprised to look back at some of the stats of pretty good pitchers in the past and outside of some of the true greats, a lot of pitchers just didn't K that many guys back in the day.
I love me some K's but they do rack up a pitch count.
Big Klu (09-01-2017)
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