In 2011, Pirate starters pitched 923 1/2 innings. Those innings broke down like this:
Rk G GS CG IP ▾
1
Charlie Morton
29
29
2
171.2
2
James McDonald
31
31
0
171.0
3
Paul Maholm
26
26
1
162.1
4
Jeff Karstens
26
26
1
154.2
5
Kevin Correia
26
26
1
153.0
6
Brad Lincoln
8
8
0
42.0
7
Ross Ohlendorf
9
9
0
38.2
8
Jeff Locke
4
4
0
16.2
9
Brian Burres
2
2
0
9.0
10
Aaron Thompson
1
1
0
4.1
Team Total
162
162
5
923.1
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original TableGenerated 10/10/2011.This isn't great: it's just about 5 2/3 innings per start on the nose. Given that no one on the Pirates' staff showed much durability before 2011, that's not terrible, but as the rotation started to fall apart in the second half the team did the same. Let's look at this from the perspective of 2012. The Pirates should be able to pencil Morton and McDonald back in for somewhere between 340 and 400 innings. Both guys saw increased workloads at the b...
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