Reds NEED a New Good Manager ASAP

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(10-10-2018, 09:10 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: It sure seems that way !

A couple nights ago I was half watching a LDS game I forget who ? But something sparked my memory on Don Gullett. He had a career 3.11 ERA. I don't remember the stats exactly so these are guesstimates, something like averaged 7 CG a season, 3 or 4 of his seasons were over 200 innings.  I think a ouple were over 225. What the hell happened ?

What's an average innings now like 130 ? And if you look back at these guys Gullett is by no means alone in career ERA with a ton of more innings pitched than the guys of today.

Are the balls juiced that much ?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2018-starter-pitching.shtml

Roughly 5.4 innings per starter pitcher average, which averages out to around 162 or so for the year. TBF, pitchers are throwing a lot harder, which means their arms are giving in faster. Probably a good portion of the problem, along with how baseball in general takes a backseat to some of the other more popular sports, so probably don't get the best athletes. Hard to say with certainty.