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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry
Not to disagree with your overall point, but I'd attribute some of the unusually low pitch counts for starters so far this year to the abbreviated spring training. Just a few examples I quickly pulled up from yesterday:
Max Scherzer 80 pitches
Charlie Morton 78 pitches
Walker Buehler 78 pitches
These guys will be almost certainly be going deeper into games as the season goes on.
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Can't argue with that logic. With the abbreviated Spring training, and long season yet to come, can easily understand teams sort of extending Spring training into the earliest part of the season/year, at least for pitchers.