Spencer Strider suffered a debilitating mustache injury. 12 months off should be enough time for him to reassess that calamitous decision.
Him aside, the amount of torque these cats are generating is well beyond what the human body is meant to create.
Ranger Suarez pitched a complete game two starts ago. There had been roughly 200 games played at that point, and it was only the SECOND complete game thus far.
When I was a youngster, a starter as part of a four-man rotation, 20 % of games would be CGs.
I can’t think of anything else that changed - and contracts? Why wouldn’t you want to get everything you can out of your investment if you know that pitches thrown doesn’t cause injuries?
Spencer Strider suffered a debilitating mustache injury.
Huh?
And double headers every Sunday, probably twi-night double header several times a year.