Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.
There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it's spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at an individual's mechanics. And you can't look at his genes. It should come from the individual and the pitching coach and the manager.
Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.
I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.
Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.