Comments on: Justin Verlander has thrown 100+ pitches in 40 straight starts

By: cintiphil

cintiphil — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:41:36 +0000

And, excellent conditioning. He was able to withstand the extra stress of pitching a lot of innings, even when he didn’t have his best stuff. This is not popular with the Chicago faithful, but it happens to be true. Stop blaming Dusty Baker for the weak arms of your star pitchers. Many of us in Cinti don’t care for him as a manager either, but he is not to blame for the headaches and dizziness of Bruce or the shoulder injury of Rolen, or the arm of Homer Bailey who had to have surgery. Homer is throwing well now, even though he had to rehab twice this season. Why didn’t his arm go bad?

By: yankeesgameday

yankeesgameday — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:28:02 +0000

Yeah, like jeffrp said, it’s just a way to pay a compliment. No need to go all small market inferiority complex on me. Verlander rocks. Nuff said.

By: jeffrp

jeffrp — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:57:04 +0000

“I love that guy and would trade half the farm system to have him play for my team” is a pretty standard compliment no matter who he roots for.

By: Detroit Michael

Detroit Michael — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:35:07 +0000

It should be possible, if you try hard, to appreciate a player without imagining how you can get him on the Yankees roster.

By: iranuke

iranuke — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:41:37 +0000

The thing that I find most interesting is that he has had 40 straight starts without a clunker where he got pulled early for just not pitching well. This is outstanding consistency.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:36:45 +0000

No, it shouldn’t. Verlander was built up to that level. Dusty just threw Wood and Prior to the wolves, and would often leave them in nonsensical situations, or have them pitch through multiple high-stress, high-pitch innings. 115 pitches for a complete game likely isn’t a big deal. 115 pitches for six innings probably qualifies for abuse.

By: cintiphil

cintiphil — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:16:13 +0000

This should lay to rest once and for all, the notion that Baker ruined Wood and Prior, because he made them pitch too long. My position all along has been that pitchers today are not conditioning their arms well enough to pitch in the bigs. Obviously, Verlander is either from the old school of arm and upper body conditioning & strength, or he just has indestructable DNA.

By: pierce32andy

pierce32andy — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:54:06 +0000

It’s a shame it has taken ESPN and major outlets this long to finally put verlander up with roy and cc.

By: yankeesgameday

yankeesgameday — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:59:19 +0000

Verlander is one of the biggest studs in the game. Even as a Yankee fan I love to watch him pitch. His opening day start against cc in 30 degree weather was gutsy as hell.

I mocked the package the Rockies were asking from the Yanks for Ubaldo Jiminez, but I would give up all those players and maybe mote for Justin Verlander to pitch for the Yanks.