Pomeranz has insisted his recent struggles are not related to fatigue despite pitching a career-high 164.1 innings this season, Chris Mason of the Boston Herald reports. The left-hander has managed just 5.2 innings over his last two starts.
Pomeranz's previous career high was 96.2 innings in 2012, and he's thrown a combined 176.2 innings from 2013 through 2015. There's some merit to the argument that fatigue is catching up to him. At least that's what manager John Farrell feels may be a root cause for his recent short outings. "It's the command that's been lacking," Farrell said. "Whether or not that's a direct result of the number of innings pitched to date - it comes down to just locating better, more consistently." Pomeranz will next take the mound Friday against the Rays in Tampa.