Comments on: How Long Before Dusty Baker Ruins Johnny Cueto?

By: larry brown

larry brown — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:48:31 +0000

[...] you’re going to be hearing it a lot … How Long Before Dusty Baker Ruins Johnny Cueto? View Story In case you missed it Thursday, Reds rookie Johnny Cueto was rather impressive making his major [...]

By: Jack88

Jack88 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:21:56 +0000

LarryBrown- When you you allow one only hit and zero walks, 7 innings is not a long outing.

By: AMcClary

AMcClary — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:52:43 +0000

Lots of people have your concern, but it’s not just innings that you have to look at. Cueto was pulled at 92 pitches. Over seven innings, that a pretty efficient pitch count. Volquez was pulled yesterday in the sixth after reaching 95 pitches. Someone is paying attention.

Hopefully the Reds b-pen is strong enough that Baker doesn’t have to have either of these guys go 120 pitches into the 8th in order to get a win.

We’ll see, though, won’t we?

By: Larry Brown

Larry Brown — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:22:00 +0000

7 innings in his first start isn’t a good jumping off point.

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:45:19 +0000

I don’t think it’s going to be an issue as with others. The guys who tend to get hurt are the ones who see drastic increases in their innings pitched…like 40 or 50 or more. I would think they’ll keep him between 125 and 150 innings this year assuming no injuries or hiccups

As for Cueto, these are his IP in the minors
2004 76
2005 49
2006 148
2007 162

By: Baseball Mastermind » Blog Archive » Johnny Cueto Makes His Major League Debut, Everyone Notices

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:42:51 +0000

[...] I’m excited to see how Johnny Cueto pitches for the remainder of the season, but also worried as Dusty Baker will be in charge of the young right handers pitch counts. [...]

By: JS

JS — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:45:50 +0000

Geez, Larry, I had the very same thought.

I will forever wonder why the f*ck Mark Prior was pitching in the 8th inning of Game 2 of the 2003 NLCS with the Cubs ahead by 10 runs.

And I don’t intend to complain about a good LB column here, but can’t you get an updated photo of Johnny B?