Aroldis Chapman is going to enter spring training next February as a starter. Should he also emerge as one, there will have to be a limit on the amount of innings that he throws in 2013 because he topped out at 71 2/3 frames as the Reds? closer in 2012.
But that innings limit won?t be all that strict.
Reds pitching coach Bryan Price told John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer on Wednesday afternoon that he will ?see where [Chapman] is in terms of innings and pitches after 25 or 30 starts.? Which is basically a full season for most healthy starting pitchers in the major leagues.
?We?ll know a lot more by the time we get to spring training,? Price added. ?I don?t think there?s an absolute. You have to have a plan and hope it works. Any time you have a young pitcher and he?s going to surpass his inning total, there?s going to be questions if he gets hurt.?We can?t be scared of that.?
Chapman has a dominant 2.33 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 14.1 K/9 in 135 career major-league innings.
The 25-year-old left-hander is under contract with the Reds through the conclusion of the 2015 season.
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