All you single-season owners out there, listen up.
You've been told the Nationals are going to turn Stephen Strasburg loose this year, that the days of them limiting his innings are over, and technically, that may be true. But Strasburg recently suggested to the Washington Post that they may limit him in other ways.
"You look at some of the top pitchers in the game, they go at least 110 [pitches] every time out," he said. "I'm going to be prepared for it. I'm not saying that they're going to let me do it."
Jordan Zimmermann, a fellow National, averaged 96.5 pitches in his 32 starts last year, when he was as far removed from Tommy John surgery as Strasburg is now. He ended up with less than 200 innings. Why would the Nationals treat their golden boy with any less care?
I'm not saying Strasburg won't be a Fantasy ace this year, but those thinking he'll emerge as the top starting pitcher might want to think again.