[lex24]

Giants... there was some talk a few years ago at two stops on our production trail for our 60 Minutes story about elbow injuries. The emphasis on a full out 100% effort on fastballs could be one reason for the rash of surgeries. When I watched Rodon, as a former college and high semipro pitcher, it looked like he was on max effort.

With this in mind and with his age I think he has a chance to flame out. The Yankees probably have this in mind and with their resources are banking on perhaps three years of prime Rodon. A good contract for them, a bad contract for a team like the Giants.

At least one of Webb, Cobb, Wood, Scallopini, Junis, Manaea and Stripling and probably more aren’t going to have a full season. I like depth and so far they have kept Harrison and Rodriquez, two of their most important youngsters. Ergo, avoid bullpen games.

So true on the 100%. Back when pitchers actually thought about CGs they would pace a bit.  And they actually could get hitters out early in counts. It wasn’t all about. “ missing bats”.  More about pitching to contact.  Which today is baseball’s equivalent of a Game Manager….

[lex24]

Giants... there was some talk a few years ago at two stops on our production trail for our 60 Minutes story about elbow injuries. The emphasis on a full out 100% effort on fastballs could be one reason for the rash of surgeries. When I watched Rodon, as a former college and high semipro pitcher, it looked like he was on max effort.

With this in mind and with his age I think he has a chance to flame out. The Yankees probably have this in mind and with their resources are banking on perhaps three years of prime Rodon. A good contract for them, a bad contract for a team like the Giants.

At least one of Webb, Cobb, Wood, Scallopini, Junis, Manaea and Stripling and probably more aren’t going to have a full season. I like depth and so far they have kept Harrison and Rodriquez, two of their most important youngsters. Ergo, avoid bullpen games.

So true on the 100%. Back when pitchers actually thought about CGs they would pace a bit.  And they actually could get hitters out early in counts. It wasn’t all about. “ missing bats”.  More about pitching to contact.  Which today is baseball’s equivalent of a Game Manager….