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Pitcher Abuse Points Per Start

By Tim Dierkes [September 16, 2008 at 4:34pm CST]

Here's a more sophisticated way to gauge which starters might be injury risks in 2009.  Plus, it's a rate stat.  The leaders in Pitcher Abuse Points per start (100 inning minimum):

  1. Tim Lincecum (Bochy)
  2. C.C. Sabathia (Yost/Wedge)
  3. Roy Halladay (Gibbons/Gaston)
  4. Justin Verlander (Leyland)
  5. Carlos Zambrano (Piniella)
  6. Matt Cain (Bochy)
  7. Jake Peavy (Black)
  8. Ben Sheets (Yost)
  9. Gil Meche (Hillman)
  10. Brett Myers (Manuel)

Last year's leaders:

  1. A.J. Burnett (Gibbons)
  2. Daisuke Matsuzaka (Francona)
  3. Carlos Zambrano (Piniella)
  4. Roy Halladay (Gibbons)
  5. Aaron Harang (Narron/Mackanin)
  6. Bronson Arroyo (Narron/Mackanin)
  7. Matt Cain (Bochy)
  8. Livan Hernandez (Melvin)
  9. Oliver Perez (Randolph)
  10. Justin Verlander (Leyland)

Anybody else worried about Cain and Lincecum?  Bochy pretty much snapped Adam Eaton's elbow ligament himself back in 2001.

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As a Giants fan, I'm really worried about Lincecum and Cain. Its ridiculous how Bochy treats the young pitching, especially on a team double digit games back in a crappy division. Lincecum's 138 pitch game the other night was sheer idiocy.

Posted by: Bayside Baller | September 16, 2008 at 05:08 PM

Surprise! No Dusty Baker!

I think I read an article a couple of years ago that analyzed Baker's use of pitchers and found that they only threw like 3 more pitches per start than the average. I guess we can stop making fun of him now.

I agree that Lincecum's 138 pitch outing was a bit much, but at least he had a shutout going. Ned Yost left Sabathia in for a 130 pitch complete game that was 7-2 by the 7th inning. Now THAT is stupid. But I guess that's why he got fired.

Posted by: Eugene | September 17, 2008 at 12:00 PM

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