…to shut JJ down. He’s defiantly showing fatigue from throwing so many innings..

…but at the same time. Shut him down, you get gassed your mechanics go to hell and when that happens there is always a risk of injury and the last thing we need is another pitcher to go down.

He’s proved he can pitch at the ML level – missing one last start isn’t going to hurt anything in the grand scheme of things. So shut him down, we’ve got enough pitchers with expanded rosters that it wouldn’t hurt to skip his next start which might be his final one anyways,

I like Jurrjens, but I’ve been thinking this for about his last five starts. Players in all sports tend to hit a wall, especially if they’ve never done it before. NBA rookies tend to hit a wall after about 40 or so games, since that’s what they did (or didn’t play) in college (if they went). Similarly in the NHL, with young players not realizing that they’re fatigued even if their bodies are.

No sense is putting Jurrjens back out there with sub-par stuff, and risk him hurting himself or developing poor habits from trying to pitch out of discomfort. He’s had an awesome season as was; I’d have preferred to see the season end with a single-digit in the loss column but what’s done is done, so let’s let him rest up and enjoy out the remainder of the year.

btw – bigjoe, email me your address so i can ship you your winter hat.