SeattleMike Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 7 hours ago, alex said: Baseball for most all teams is becoming a game/war of attrition. You need a lot of depth. Anyone 'penciling' in Greene, Carpenter and Meadows next year as your starting OF (or any listed INF, starting staff, etc.) is fooling themselves. This is just the way it is now for most ALL teams. A few may get a little luckier than others. Ideas? Rosters need to be built with depth in mind. Each team with maybe 2 scheduled days off a week. Have 27-28 on a roster. Schedule's of 150 games with doubleheaders included at times. Pay SPs accordingly ex inning totals for MLB and AAA (this way more journeyman types can pitch for teams). The league finally recognized the need for pitch clocks (though I feel after 10 pitches to 1 batter it should be moved to 20-25 seconds between the remaining Ps for the rest of that particular AB). Larger bases and no more blocking them. Less mound visits. No more shifting, etc. - all of this helped. However, there has to be consideration for the athletes themselves and rest & recovery is foremost concern. Right now, there is very little. Most are actually 'over trained/conditioned'. It may take a couple more years of huge IL numbers, but hopefully the sides will better understand this. Sure, teams can hire more physiology majors, trainers, etc. and do studies. The truth is you have to be able to recover - and rest (not playing and practicing extensively) may be the only way. All IMHO. This is all true. Health is more and more a pivotal factor these days. Look at KC. Not a single meaningful injury all year. Imagine if when we played them last week they were missing Witt, Perez, and 3/5ths of their starting rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 (edited) 2.01 favor wild. Edited August 10 by Tigeraholic1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 19 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: 2.01 favor wild. Ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 2 minutes ago, Tigermojo said: Ridiculous. yeah it seemed pretty clear during the game but the confirmation it was that bad is still startling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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