While Stephen Strasburg may not have limitations on the mound, theWashington Nationals will put the shackles on him at some point to avoid overworking his surgically-repaired elbow or any other part of his body that could overcompensate for such an injury.
What the magic innings limit is, exactly, remains unknown, but Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports tweets Friday afternoon that Strasburg will not exceed 180 innings this season.
He's thrown 133 1/3 innings thus far, suggesting he has in the range of 50 left for the entire season, despite the fact that the Nationals are in first place and appear headed for October baseball.
MLB.com's Bill Ladson cites a source who says Strasburg will miss two or three regular season starts and will not pitch in the offseason once he is shut down. That would seem to end the speculation that the Nats might try to save some of those bullets left in Strasburg's arm for October.
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