Generally through the year I don't like to think about innings limits until August when teams start mapping out the rest of their seasons. I've seen owners trade away young studs in July worried about a shutdown only to find themselves with a worse seed for the playoffs and out of it when the guy was still in the rotation. Additionally, there are often other young arms to fill the void at the same time, such as Jose Berrios who should be called up shortly for the Twins making it an easy transition when to time comes for a shutdown. Why bring this up? Well, the Phillies have stated that they don't intended to surpass last year's 171.2 innings of Aaron Nola, who after last night's luscious outing of 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 Hits, 2 BBs, 6 Ks now has 159 innings logged in 2015. Those fortunate owners who own the rookie should make plans - if you have a comfortable seed for the playoffs trade him or drop him for someone like Berrios - or ride out the last two starts like the musicians on the Titanic. There is a small chance that Nola sticks around for longer, but given that the Phils are way out of contention I'd be surprised if they suddenly elected to stretch out their prized prospect.
Let’s see what every other SP did yesterday:
