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Verlocity Concerns

by Grant Brisbee

I’m not a pitch-count fascist, nor am I a velocity junkie, but this makes me wary:

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At the start of the inning, Justin Verlander had thrown 115 pitches. He's also stared the seventh throwing 91 m.p.h. fastballs. Not saying that the causation/correlation is airtight, but it's just a little worrisome.

Of course, after typing that, he retired the side on 10 pitches. The risk of sending Verlander out for the seventh? Wearing him down for the rest of the playoffs, which isn't an issue if the Tigers don't win this game. The reward for sending him out for the seventh? Not seeing Brad Penny pitch for the first time in over two weeks.

Point, Leyland.

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