Great pod, gents! One question - is Roupp's lack of innings last year a concern when it comes to him getting stretched out as a starter this season? Might he be better off pitching in shorter outings for the big league team this year and then stretching out next year? Check your crystal balls and let me know, plz.
Also, I saw one triple play (against the Giants, sadly) on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at the Stick in 1998: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN199808300.shtml The triple play occurred in the bottom of the 8th inning after the Giants got two on against Schilling with Kent at the plate. The huge crowd was completely energized and the triple play took the air right out of Candlestick though my lasting memory is how long it seemingly took everyone to realize what happened. One moment the team is about to rally then everyone is walking off the field. I recall vividly that Bonds ducked to get out of the way of the throw that sailed over him to retire him for the 3rd out at 1B.
Also, a lot is going on in this boxscore! Schilling tossed a 121-pitch CG, Bonds took him deep twice, a Joe Carter pinch-hit appearance for the Giants, Ellis Burks TRIPLE, and Wendell Magee (who?!) picked up the GWRBI for the Phillies. But the triple play played a huge role in keeping the Giants from taking 3 of 4 from the Phillies, which incidentally would've prevented having to play Game 163 in Chicago less than a month later. (do not look at Friday's box score where the Giants lost in 10 innings featuring a 9th inning where ELLIS BURKS and his .880 OPS was asked to sacrifice himself with two on and no out in the 9th inning...)
That was about three weeks after I moved away from San Francisco for the last time. I'd been to some 30-40 games that year and would end the year at the play-in game at Wrigley Field, as I'd moved to Chicago in August.
I think there are all sorts of ways of managing innings, and to some degree this is a "self-made" issue. Consider high school draftees. Nobody pitching in high school is really throwing all that many innings during their short senior years (though of course showcase circuits change things somewhat). But in recent years we've seen Kyle Harrison, for instance, throw 100 innings in his first year as a pro out of high school (with obviously no innings in his draft summer). Or Eric Silva throw 85 the first year out of high school. That's without going back to the old days where Madison Bumgarner threw a massive 160 in his first year out of high school or, changing the focus somewhat, Francisco Liriano throwing 71 innings as a 17-year-old in literally the first year of his life he'd ever pitched.
So, no, I don't think it would be impossible for Roupp to gradually stretch out to 5 or 6 inning stints over the next couple of months IF that is what they wanted to do with him.
Great pod, gents! One question - is Roupp's lack of innings last year a concern when it comes to him getting stretched out as a starter this season? Might he be better off pitching in shorter outings for the big league team this year and then stretching out next year? Check your crystal balls and let me know, plz.
Also, I saw one triple play (against the Giants, sadly) on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at the Stick in 1998: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN199808300.shtml The triple play occurred in the bottom of the 8th inning after the Giants got two on against Schilling with Kent at the plate. The huge crowd was completely energized and the triple play took the air right out of Candlestick though my lasting memory is how long it seemingly took everyone to realize what happened. One moment the team is about to rally then everyone is walking off the field. I recall vividly that Bonds ducked to get out of the way of the throw that sailed over him to retire him for the 3rd out at 1B.
Also, a lot is going on in this boxscore! Schilling tossed a 121-pitch CG, Bonds took him deep twice, a Joe Carter pinch-hit appearance for the Giants, Ellis Burks TRIPLE, and Wendell Magee (who?!) picked up the GWRBI for the Phillies. But the triple play played a huge role in keeping the Giants from taking 3 of 4 from the Phillies, which incidentally would've prevented having to play Game 163 in Chicago less than a month later. (do not look at Friday's box score where the Giants lost in 10 innings featuring a 9th inning where ELLIS BURKS and his .880 OPS was asked to sacrifice himself with two on and no out in the 9th inning...)
That was about three weeks after I moved away from San Francisco for the last time. I'd been to some 30-40 games that year and would end the year at the play-in game at Wrigley Field, as I'd moved to Chicago in August.
I think there are all sorts of ways of managing innings, and to some degree this is a "self-made" issue. Consider high school draftees. Nobody pitching in high school is really throwing all that many innings during their short senior years (though of course showcase circuits change things somewhat). But in recent years we've seen Kyle Harrison, for instance, throw 100 innings in his first year as a pro out of high school (with obviously no innings in his draft summer). Or Eric Silva throw 85 the first year out of high school. That's without going back to the old days where Madison Bumgarner threw a massive 160 in his first year out of high school or, changing the focus somewhat, Francisco Liriano throwing 71 innings as a 17-year-old in literally the first year of his life he'd ever pitched.
So, no, I don't think it would be impossible for Roupp to gradually stretch out to 5 or 6 inning stints over the next couple of months IF that is what they wanted to do with him.
The best part about your discussions is you land Kerry back up your opinions with a lot of context/ history.