Strasburg

The whole point of doing this sports thing, last I heard, was to win championships, and the Nationals have an honest-to-God real chance of making it to the World Series this year. They have at least the 2nd best team in the league depending on how one feels about Cincinnati.

Stretch out his starts, rest him once a division title is secure (which ought to be a week in advance at least), and then turn him loose in October.

The whole point of doing this sports thing, last I heard, was to win championships, and the Nationals have an honest-to-God real chance of making it to the World Series this year. They have at least the 2nd best team in the league depending on how one feels about Cincinnati.

 

Stretch out his starts, rest him once a division title is secure (which ought to be a week in advance at least), and then turn him loose in October.

 

The best chance to win a World Series is to have multiple playoff appearances. You have a better chance to have multiple playoff appearances if Strasburg is healthy for multiple seasons.

Strasburg might be healthy as an ox next year, but the team could be [expletive] garbage or suffer a rash of other injuries. When you've got a real chance to win the whole thing, it seems dissonant to intentionally keep your best pitcher from playing in the postseason.

My thing is, Washington has known all year from the top down that this innings limit existed, so it befuddles me why they didn't really do much about it all year. Mojo's probably right about Strasburg not being able to turn the switch back on, but I just feel like there has to be something the Nats can do to have him pitch in October.