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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
Did pitchers really throw on three days' rest all year? (A trip to Retrosheet should confirm or refute the claim.) Were injuries really less common then?
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Not ALL pitchers, but certainly the top 2 or 3 pitchers would pitch on 3 days rest plus throw 300+ innings and average 7, and in some cases, 8 IP or more per start.
Today's pitchers are treated so gingerly that it leads to more injuries. A "good" pitcher today is 5 - 6 IP per start?
Relievers are used way too much. I was shocked at how many relievers average less than 1 IP per game. One guy I saw pitched in 75 games or so and had 39 IP. It's a joke.
Train starters to pitch longer into games and get rid of this ridiculous usage of relievers. If starters are trained to last deeper into games they will be able to do so without any more risk of injury than they have now. They probably would be less at risk.