Comments on: Pitch Counts in the Bigs and the Cape http://www.codball.com/2009/03/10/pitch-counts-in-the-bigs-and-the-cape/ Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:04:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Capeman http://www.codball.com/2009/03/10/pitch-counts-in-the-bigs-and-the-cape/comment-page-1/#comment-23913 Capeman Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:15:34 +0000 http://www.codball.com/?p=1232#comment-23913 I'm sure there is some discussion between coaches about pitch count but I think there is more conversation about HOW a pitcher is used. Often, you see a weekend starter on a big time college team be a relief pitcher on the Cape. You also see many closers develop on the Cape and you'd have to think that throwing a kid out there every day to close games when he hasn't done that before is definately a discussion between coaches. Take Justin Masterson from the Red Sox. He was a starting pitcher at a small school and came to the Cape as a dominating closer. Another thing you often see on the Cape are kids that didn't pitch too many innings as freshman but are projected as starters. There first real string of starts as a college pitcher is often on the Cape and therefore, they have fresh arms and probably don't have the same concerns with throwing as many innings. I’m sure there is some discussion between coaches about pitch count but I think there is more conversation about HOW a pitcher is used. Often, you see a weekend starter on a big time college team be a relief pitcher on the Cape. You also see many closers develop on the Cape and you’d have to think that throwing a kid out there every day to close games when he hasn’t done that before is definately a discussion between coaches.

Take Justin Masterson from the Red Sox. He was a starting pitcher at a small school and came to the Cape as a dominating closer.

Another thing you often see on the Cape are kids that didn’t pitch too many innings as freshman but are projected as starters. There first real string of starts as a college pitcher is often on the Cape and therefore, they have fresh arms and probably don’t have the same concerns with throwing as many innings.

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