Why have we not allready gone to a 4 man rotation, especially with the off days?
I remember the good old days when pitchers threw every 4th day, and usually well over 100 pitches, and they never seemed to have arm problems. Now, pitchers don't throw enough, they rarely go much above 100 pitches, they are cottled, and arm problems are prevelant throughout baseball. Coincidence? I think not.
Roxpert, you are right about Hurdle and O'Dowd too for that matter. Now is the perfect time to go with 4 starters, at least until September, but I don't see either one as capable of the kind of forward thinking that is required to break with the current practice of 5 man rotations.
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