"[Volquez] also threw a career-high 196 innings, far more than he'd ever thrown in a season. The Reds were concerned over his decision to play winter baseball and participate in the World Baseball Classic. Baker said during spring training that he worried about the stress on pitchers' arms when they played in the WBC." So he worries about their arms in the WBC but not when he blows up their arms by overpitching them? Volquez's final five games of 2008 when the Reds were clearly out of contention: Sep 23 - 98 pitches Sep 18 - 113 pitches Sep 13 - 121 pitches Sep 8 - 119 pitches Sep 3 - 117 pitches