Pitcher Abuse Points: Felix Hernandez

by whwang on May 12, 2008 4:37 PM PDT

From BP, PAP ranking in 2008 season to date:

1. Gil Meche

2. Adam Wainwright

3. Scott Olsen

4. Brett Myers

5. Chris Young

6. Jake Peavy

7. Felix Hernandez

I am quite concerned about this. In the last few games, Felix's command was wild. This might be a sign of being tired. For your reference, the pitch counts of his 8 outings are: 97, 97, 117, 115, 110, 115, 105, 112. I don't like this.

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meh

by Matthew on May 12, 2008 5:26 PM PDT reply actions

it'a not like he's throwing over 120...

an above average MLB pitcher should be expected to throw that many pitches in a game. And Felix is way above average. I’m not concerned.

by basebliman on May 12, 2008 5:39 PM PDT reply actions

I'm glad he's not a pussy that can only throw 100 pitches a game

by marinator on May 12, 2008 6:02 PM PDT reply actions

Heh, funny you should say that

since the list as at least two women-beaters.

by hcoguy on May 12, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Myers and ________?

by Teej on May 13, 2008 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Scott Olsen has potential.

by Wilder. on May 13, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions

better to throw 100 pitches a game...

...than to be pulled after giving up 7 runs in 60 pitches.

by sirbrianwilson on May 12, 2008 6:40 PM PDT reply actions

Number 1 all time.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on May 12, 2008 7:45 PM PDT reply actions

That is one huge picture of Chuck Finley.

by JI on May 12, 2008 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions

It was bigger. I shrunk it.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on May 12, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

PAP is worthless.

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on May 12, 2008 8:43 PM PDT reply actions

PAP made sense when some pitchers were throwing 140 pitches in a game

but that’s mostly stopped happening. No one throws category IV or V starts anymore.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on May 13, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

Though that doesn’t keep PAP from making sense now, it’s just that posting the ranking without putting in the raw PAP totals doesn’t make much sense. And PAP was never much more than a rough guide, anyway.

I think it’s fair to show some concern over Felix’s pitch counts, but nothing awful has happened yet. If this is a prelude to 130-140-pitch games in the future, then there could be problems.

by ubelmann on May 13, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions