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Originally posted by bellzboy
I thought the same thing. I seriously thought Dusty would leave him in longer, he was pitching so well. If the Cubs are in the playoff hunt at the end of the year, which they will be, expect him to be out there for 140 pitches every game again. SO bad for a 23 year old coming off an elbow and achilles injury...
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Prior should NEVER be throwing 140 pitches, he shouldn't throw 130 either. 120 every once in a while is fine but Dusty needs to keep himself in check. Although he's young, he has 1st ballot HOF written all over him. The only thing standing in his way are injuries. He's missed time in each of his first 3 seasons due to injury. There's warning signs all over the place on him and if Dusty reverts back to 130+ pitch outings he needs to be hanged. Look at what he did to Jason Schmidt as an example.
As long as he stays healthy he should end up #2 on the all time strikeout list.