Comments on: Pitch Counts, Innings Limits, and Jake Arrieta http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/09/pitch-counts-innings-limits-and-jake-arrieta/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: theguz http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/09/pitch-counts-innings-limits-and-jake-arrieta/#comment-9466 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:40:21 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=8718#comment-9466 Jake HATED being taken outta games all last yr, and could sometimes be seen arguing w/ Joe on the point. It sounds like he will be more amenable to such things this yr, wisely so.

Our offense will be better this yr, our defense already is, and the same for our pen. All 3 factors spell fewer innings, less leverage, more rest, more health…and more dominance from all our starters come Oct.

]]> By: Jared Wyllys http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/09/pitch-counts-innings-limits-and-jake-arrieta/#comment-9462 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:48:52 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=8718#comment-9462 Very important, for sure. The emotional aspect of it is something that is interesting, but really hard to measure, if we can at all. But you’ve made a good point. 113 pitches on a Saturday in June, for a generic example, is not like 113 pitches in a wild card game in October.

It could be argued though that while the Cubs were not winning the division last year, their playoff spot was pretty safe for the last few weeks of the season, so the strain of some of those September games may not have been as severe as we think.

]]> By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/09/pitch-counts-innings-limits-and-jake-arrieta/#comment-9461 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:45:35 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=8718#comment-9461 It’s worth noting that pitches and innings are not all equal from a fatigue standpoint. One can easily argue that in addition to often working late into games last season Arietta was also often pitching in high leverage situations. The WC game in Pittsburgh is a good example. Those 113 pitches were a reasonable pitch count under most circumstances but there’s no surprise he was more exhausted at the end of that game versus a typical 113 pitch outing.

For Jake going forward, the difference between 2015 and 2016 is going to hinge on the Cubs place in the standings. Rather than fighting for the WC, presumably the Cubs will be winning the division so having games of high importance down the stretch in September will not be a concern (like, 123 pitches on Sept 22). The Cubs will be able to pitch him on regular rest and keep his pitch count down in games to keep him fresh for the playoffs.

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