MLB, CONCERNED ABOUT BOOMING CONSIDERS REDUCING PITCHER QUOTA… THE ON-SITE REACTION WAS ‘WELL’
The purpose of developing star starting pitchers… Average number of pitches and innings steadily dropping, Dodgers manager says, “It doesn’t help us win”… Scherzer: “Incentives are necessary”
“The star quality of the starting pitchers has declined.” 카지노사이트
This is the background for Rob Manfred (65), Commissioner (Governor) of Major League Baseball (MLB), who is considering reducing the number of pitchers in the active roster (26 players).
Last year, Commissioner Manfred announced that he was considering reducing the pitcher quota from the current 13 to 12 as early as the 2025 season.
As the number of pitchers decreases, the number of pitches and innings that one starting pitcher must throw will inevitably increase, with the expectation that this will contribute to the overall success of the major league.
Commissioner Rob Manfred said, “Historically, starting pitchers were the biggest stars in baseball games,” and added, “Recent pitcher management methods have diminished the star quality of starting pitchers.”
According to Spotradar, major league starting pitchers threw 98.6 pitches per game in 2000 and accounted for 17.8 outs, but last year they only threw 85.1 pitches and accounted for 15.4 outs.
There are also statistics showing that in 1998, starting pitchers were responsible for 67.84% of all innings, but this gradually decreased to 57.98% last year.
This is a difficult proposition for a club to accept, where the team’s victory is more important than the success of the league.
The Associated Press reported on the 29th (Korean time), “There are more talented bullpen pitchers in the major leagues than ever before.
Much data also suggests that it is dangerous for one pitcher to play many innings.”
He pointed out, “Realistically, from a manager’s perspective, it is easier to explain why it is better to remove an ace starting pitcher early than to replace him too late.”
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “I completely understand fans’ desire to see a pitcher pitch until the 7th or 8th inning,” but pointed out, “However, it does not necessarily help win the game.”
However, Max Scherzer (39, Texas Rangers), who won the Cy Young Award three times, was negative about reducing the number of pitchers, but agreed with the purpose, saying, “There needs to be incentives for starting pitchers to pitch longer.”
“I could have been a better pitcher by going through the opponent’s lineup three times (in one game),” Max Scherzer said.
“Recently we are too afraid of letting young pitchers fail,” he said.
Big League 2008 Scherzer, who debuted in , pitched 2,834⅔ innings in 457 games over 16 seasons, earning 214 wins, 108 losses, and an average ERA of 3.15.
Since 2013, he has surpassed 200 innings in six consecutive seasons.
Scherzer added, “I trained so that I could throw 105 to 110 pitches in a rotation every five days.
I don’t understand why they are increasingly limiting the number of pitches for pitchers who are growing.”
