August 6th in 2010 season, Baseball History, Callum, College Baseball, Commentary, Hall of Fame, Minor League Baseball, Sabermetrics, Toronto Blue Jays by Callum Hughson .

Do pitch counts do more harm than good?

 

“Baseball is a better game for the fans when you have two starting pitchers engaged in a duel, rather than each pitching five innings and turning it over to a long series of interchangeable relievers.” – Bill James
                         

I was watching an interview the other day with Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins.  He was talking about his workload as a …

June 27th in 2009 season, Matthias, Toronto Blue Jays, Transactions by Matthias Koster .

Barajas on DL. Offensivley who cares? Team ERA is the issue

Barajas on DL. Offensivley who cares? Team ERA is the issue

Rod Barajas landed on the DL after injuring his hammy friday night. (Note, Barajas actually isn’t on the DL yet. Many stories went out to that effect but the Jays are taking it day by day for now. Effectively he isn’t available for the time being) To be fair he’s …