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Originally Posted by alnorth
Agreed, they should not have put themselves in that position, but if in some bizarre stupid turn of events you find yourself in that position where you failed to limit your young pitchers innings and you made it to the postseason, then you have to just own your stupidity and keep him throwin'. No one will care if he's healthy and pitching well the following August, 9 games out.
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I don't think that's a bad take, but I get why they did what they did.
They're trying to build for the long term and are set up to make several playoff runs, not just one. Protecting Strasburg is a key part of that.
The flip side of the argument is that he pitches, hurts himself in that postseason, and then everyone is all over them for abusing a pitcher coming off of Tommy John surgery and potentially ruining his career and the team's future.