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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 21, 2019 15:52:12 GMT
Young pitched in 906 games over a storied career that began in the 1800s and eventually landed him in the Hall of Fame, with baseball’s most prestigious pitching award bearing his name. Rodney, working out of the A’s bullpen, pitched in his 906th career game Saturday against the Blue Jays, throwing a scoreless inning in Oakland's 10-1 loss. www.mlb.com/news/fernando-rodney-and-cy-young-in-same-territory![]() |
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 21, 2019 16:47:12 GMT
Young pitched in 906 games over a storied career that began in the 1800s and eventually landed him in the Hall of Fame, with baseball’s most prestigious pitching award bearing his name. Rodney, working out of the A’s bullpen, pitched in his 906th career game Saturday against the Blue Jays, throwing a scoreless inning in Oakland's 10-1 loss. www.mlb.com/news/fernando-rodney-and-cy-young-in-same-territory![]() Imagine starters nowadays started 906 games. The agent, the general manager, all the baseball people will have heart attacks. That said, good job for Rodney for keeping it going. I don't see him in Hall of Fame though.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 21, 2019 23:44:19 GMT
I was watching the game, & was mentioned his 17th season. I literally did a double take cuz that's a pretty crooked number.
Certainly I had no idea considering his strongest seasons were less than half that ago.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 23, 2019 17:43:28 GMT
Young pitched in 906 games over a storied career that began in the 1800s and eventually landed him in the Hall of Fame, with baseball’s most prestigious pitching award bearing his name. Rodney, working out of the A’s bullpen, pitched in his 906th career game Saturday against the Blue Jays, throwing a scoreless inning in Oakland's 10-1 loss. www.mlb.com/news/fernando-rodney-and-cy-young-in-same-territory![]() Imagine starters nowadays started 906 games. The agent, the general manager, all the baseball people will have heart attacks. That said, good job for Rodney for keeping it going. I don't see him in Hall of Fame though. I would vote for him!
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Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 23, 2019 21:23:05 GMT
Didn't Rodney's career also begin in the 1800s?
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Post by xystophoros on Apr 23, 2019 22:42:03 GMT
Imagine starters nowadays started 906 games. The agent, the general manager, all the baseball people will have heart attacks. That said, good job for Rodney for keeping it going. I don't see him in Hall of Fame though. Starter workloads have become pathetic. Theses days it’s fairly uncommon to see a pitcher go 7 or 8 innings, let alone pitch complete games or reach 200 innings in a season. As a Yankee fan it drives me crazy to see Aaron Boone pull a guy after 5 innings, even if he hasn’t given up a run, even if his pitch count is 70, and then afterwards call it a “quality start.” If you look at league-wide stats, the contrast is severe: Go back 20 years and guys who led the league in complete games would rack up 15 to 20 CG a season. Now even aces and Cy Young winners are lucky if they’re allowed to pitch a complete game, and all it takes is 2 or 3 CG to lead the league. Likewise, within the past decade there were still guys pitching 250+ innings. Go back 20 years and guys were pushing 270 IP. Last year Scherzer led the league with 220 IP, and there were nine guys in the entire league who reached 200 IP. Between the dramatically reduced workloads for starters and the new novelty of using “openers,” it’s not a surprise to see the subsequent adjustment in contracts: Jake Arrieta, for example, signing 3 years/$75m instead of the $200m that was his initial asking price.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 23, 2019 23:43:33 GMT
Imagine starters nowadays started 906 games. The agent, the general manager, all the baseball people will have heart attacks. That said, good job for Rodney for keeping it going. I don't see him in Hall of Fame though. Starter workloads have become pathetic. Theses days it’s fairly uncommon to see a pitcher go 7 or 8 innings, let alone pitch complete games or reach 200 innings in a season. As a Yankee fan it drives me crazy to see Aaron Boone pull a guy after 5 innings, even if he hasn’t given up a run, even if his pitch count is 70, and then afterwards call it a “quality start.” If you look at league-wide stats, the contrast is severe: Go back 20 years and guys who led the league in complete games would rack up 15 to 20 CG a season. Now even aces and Cy Young winners are lucky if they’re allowed to pitch a complete game, and all it takes is 2 or 3 CG to lead the league. Likewise, within the past decade there were still guys pitching 250+ innings. Go back 20 years and guys were pushing 270 IP. Last year Scherzer led the league with 220 IP, and there were nine guys in the entire league who reached 200 IP. Between the dramatically reduced workloads for starters and the new novelty of using “openers,” it’s not a surprise to see the subsequent adjustment in contracts: Jake Arrieta, for example, signing 3 years/$75m instead of the $200m that was his initial asking price. I hate agreeing with a Yankees fan, but you're totally right. |
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 24, 2019 1:15:58 GMT
Imagine starters nowadays started 906 games. The agent, the general manager, all the baseball people will have heart attacks. That said, good job for Rodney for keeping it going. I don't see him in Hall of Fame though. Starter workloads have become pathetic. Theses days it’s fairly uncommon to see a pitcher go 7 or 8 innings, let alone pitch complete games or reach 200 innings in a season. As a Yankee fan it drives me crazy to see Aaron Boone pull a guy after 5 innings, even if he hasn’t given up a run, even if his pitch count is 70, and then afterwards call it a “quality start.” If you look at league-wide stats, the contrast is severe: Go back 20 years and guys who led the league in complete games would rack up 15 to 20 CG a season. Now even aces and Cy Young winners are lucky if they’re allowed to pitch a complete game, and all it takes is 2 or 3 CG to lead the league. Likewise, within the past decade there were still guys pitching 250+ innings. Go back 20 years and guys were pushing 270 IP. Last year Scherzer led the league with 220 IP, and there were nine guys in the entire league who reached 200 IP. Between the dramatically reduced workloads for starters and the new novelty of using “openers,” it’s not a surprise to see the subsequent adjustment in contracts: Jake Arrieta, for example, signing 3 years/$75m instead of the $200m that was his initial asking price. Someone on the radio pointed out that the brief period that C.C.Sabathia was in Milwaukee for their playoff run 10 years ago started something like 11 games and completed 7 of them. You won't see a run like that anymore. The managements are too leery about having a starter face a line up the 3rd time around.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 24, 2019 3:53:30 GMT
Imagine starters nowadays started 906 games. The agent, the general manager, all the baseball people will have heart attacks. That said, good job for Rodney for keeping it going. I don't see him in Hall of Fame though. Starter workloads have become pathetic. Theses days it’s fairly uncommon to see a pitcher go 7 or 8 innings, let alone pitch complete games or reach 200 innings in a season. As a Yankee fan it drives me crazy to see Aaron Boone pull a guy after 5 innings, even if he hasn’t given up a run, even if his pitch count is 70, and then afterwards call it a “quality start.” If you look at league-wide stats, the contrast is severe: Go back 20 years and guys who led the league in complete games would rack up 15 to 20 CG a season. Now even aces and Cy Young winners are lucky if they’re allowed to pitch a complete game, and all it takes is 2 or 3 CG to lead the league. Likewise, within the past decade there were still guys pitching 250+ innings. Go back 20 years and guys were pushing 270 IP. Last year Scherzer led the league with 220 IP, and there were nine guys in the entire league who reached 200 IP. Between the dramatically reduced workloads for starters and the new novelty of using “openers,” it’s not a surprise to see the subsequent adjustment in contracts: Jake Arrieta, for example, signing 3 years/$75m instead of the $200m that was his initial asking price. Much be a lack of vitamins.
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