With just less than three months of baseball left, it's becoming time for managers to begin looking ahead to the rapidly approaching fantasy playoffs.
Working with a couple of Pitcher List staff members, and with the help of our resident graphics guru Justin Paradis, we've compiled a list of young starters and projected when they would be shut down this season. How it works is simple: First, we used available commentary from beat writers and team statements to identify popular guesses at innings limits for 2019. For those that were unavailable, we took the pitcher's total innings across the minors, majors, and playoffs from last season, added a 20% boost to project a 2019 limit, then calculated how many innings he has left to throw this season. By calculating pitchers' expected innings per start (based on their historical data), we can determine a rough date for when they would hit their innings limits. In the chart below, you'll see that list, followed by an overview of each pitcher involved, providing any insight and info from the organization about a possible innings limit.
There are a few things to note before we get started:
