Your opener was very interesting and caused me to think about spring training. Would the same argument not hold there? And given most everybody agrees the length of spring training is tied to the time it takes to "ramp up" starting pitchers, is it not another argument for a much shorter preseason? Obviously it's countered by the money making machine spring training has become but at some point clubs surely have to balance that against injury risk/wear and tear, right?
Umm ... yes and no. Players are doing more in the off-season and not deloading as much, so its different. Should spring training be adjusted for that? I dont know. That's as much a business decision as everything else, but its also a cost. Lots of points there that I think are secondary.
Your opener was very interesting and caused me to think about spring training. Would the same argument not hold there? And given most everybody agrees the length of spring training is tied to the time it takes to "ramp up" starting pitchers, is it not another argument for a much shorter preseason? Obviously it's countered by the money making machine spring training has become but at some point clubs surely have to balance that against injury risk/wear and tear, right?
Umm ... yes and no. Players are doing more in the off-season and not deloading as much, so its different. Should spring training be adjusted for that? I dont know. That's as much a business decision as everything else, but its also a cost. Lots of points there that I think are secondary.