No restrictions* on Strasburg's innings

What goes up must come down
spinning wheel got to go round
Talking about your troubles it's a crying sin
Ride a painted pony
Let the spinning wheel spin

You got no money, and you, you got no home
Spinning wheel, spinning all alone
Talking about your troubles and you, you never learn
Ride a painted pony
let the spinning wheel turn

Cy Young for Strasburg next year.

Carlton had 12 seasons where he pitched more than 250 innings.

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 08:48 AM ET  01.15 by .ChiSoxFan.

Cy Young for Strasburg next year.

Kershaw.

Carlton always wanted to retire as the lefthander with the most career wins, but in his last few years as he bounced around from team to team he finally had to face reality and he called it quits in 1988 as a Minestoa Twin second to Warren Spahn.
If you leave off his last three years he would have had a w/l pct of exactly .600. Which means he would have averaged a 15-10 w/l record per year and remember he played for half his career on a very bad Phillies team.
Most teams would kill for a guy who could promise you minimum of 15 wins a year.

The 160 limit was stupid. Where is 160 defined as the standard for recovering pitchers? It's not. It's just some arbitrary number the coaches decided on before the season. Ignore the fact that he felt fine, and most importantly, THE TEAM NEEDED HIM. I would have fired the manager for being so short sighted on this issue. If you were gonna stick to 160, then they should have skipped a couple starts here and there or pulled him after 5 innings on his starts, so that he would still have innings available to pitch in the postseason. Why they rode him hard all regular season, only to completely shut him down in the postseason baffles me.

QUOTE(#9):

Originally posted 09:18 AM ET  01.15 by SlinkyRedfoot

Kershaw.

Interesting avatar, Slinky. Did you lose a bet?

Just googled who were the best lefthanded pitchers in MLB history and here are the top six of one sites top ten list:
Lefty Grove (never saw him pitch so I have no idea but he was dominant in his time);
The rest I either saw (at least on TV or was very aware of)
Warren Spahn;
Randy Johnson (not the most pleasant personality in the game but they don't get paid to be nice; he had times when he was unbeatable)
Sandy Koufax (had about a six year span where was dominant)
Whitey Ford (real good but in my opinion if Carlton played for a team like the 1950 Yankees he might of won twenty games every year)
and
Steve Carlton

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 09:36 AM ET  01.15 by JPritch

The 160 limit was stupid. Where is 160 defined as the standard for recovering pitchers? It's not. It's just some arbitrary number the coaches decided on before the season. Ignore the fact that he felt fine, and most importantly, THE TEAM NEEDED HIM. I would have fired the manager for being so short sighted on this issue. If you were gonna stick to 160, then they should have skipped a couple starts here and there or pulled him after 5 innings on his starts, so that he would still have innings available to pitch in the postseason. Why they rode him hard all regular season, only to completely shut him down in the postseason baffles me.

I agree they should have skipped a start or two so he would be available later in the season. Very poor management if you are gonna limit his innings and is that good.
Wonder if he has ever met Tom House who works with pitchers on their delivery motions and has written many books on the subject.
He once worked with Nolan Ryan.

QUOTE(#9):

Originally posted 09:18 AM ET  01.15 by SlinkyRedfoot

Kershaw.

Kershaw is always in the conversation in my opinion.

Anyone else think Strasberg could be a candiadte to fail the new in season testing program for HgH?

QUOTE(#9):

Originally posted 09:18 AM ET  01.15 by SlinkyRedfoot

Kershaw.

Josh Beckette.