Impact of Shutting Down Pitchers on Cy Young Prospects

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00:00It's ironic how big this game is too, right?

00:05Because they're what, two games short of Arizona right now in that final wild card spot?

00:12And boy, oh boy, if they win today, they're one spot going, the chances of him not missing

00:19any more starts.

00:20If he, let's say just pitches today and he only gets a couple of more starts down the

00:25stretch here, is it enough to even be considered for the Cy Young here?

00:31I mean, that's my big fear is that, are we running the risk of them not starting him

00:35in games in late August?

00:37And then if they're out of the race, then there's really no, you know, out of sight,

00:41out of mind.

00:42No?

00:43Well, I mean, if I'm the GM of Pittsburgh and we fall out of it, you know, we're, I

00:48don't know, six games behind at the end of August, then my job is not to protect schemes,

00:52which is really your job anyway.

00:54Now we can argue all day long, there's shutting down so many, there's the 40 innings limit

00:58from one year to the next.

00:59Does that really mean anything?

01:00Every doc, they'll tell you something different.

01:02But if you're a GM, you got to go by your convictions and your convictions is, Hey,

01:06I got to shut him down.

01:07You know, I got to make sure he's healthy.

01:09You know, Hey, if schemes gets hurt this year in a meaningless game, you don't have a job

01:13anymore.

01:14All right.

01:15You're toast.

01:16Everyone's going to blame you.

01:17Right.

01:18Everywhere.

01:19Whether it's your fault or not, everyone's blaming you.

01:20So it does come down to that.

01:21Yes.

01:22And if I'm the GM, him winning the Cy Young doesn't do anything for me.

01:26I need to make sure he's healthy for next year.

01:27I probably do shut him down.