Pitch counts and innings limits are two terms that have frustrated fantasy owners as teams begin to become more aware of the strain on a pitchers arm thanks to the increase of Tommy John surgery on some of the games young pitchers.  To protect their investments teams will impose innings limits and pitch counts on pitchers in an effort to “save” their arm from increased stress over the long season.  Some of the league’s top pitchers such has Stephen Strasburg, Matt Harvey and now Jose Fernandez have had innings limits imposed on them over the past few seasons as they come back from injury while some of the young pitchers coming up through the minors will have their workload cut short once they hit what the organization feels is the maximum amount of innings for their current progression.  The question however remains, just how much does and pitchers increased workload effect his performances over the next season.  In the 2016 Fantasy Alarm Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide Colby Conway pours over the statistics regarding a pitchers increased workload and how they performed over the following seasons.

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2016 MLB Draft Guide: Hurler Workload Concerns

By: Colby Conway

As we all prep for the upcoming fantasy baseball season, unexpected injuries are something that every fantasy owner dreads and sometimes just can’t avoid. However, through this article, you might be able to point out some pitchers who are in fact more injury-prone than others. While some are coming off career-highs in innings pitched, others are continuing to throw sliders and curveballs at an unfathomable rate. Last year, 26 pitchers in Major League Baseball had to go under the knife and repair the damaged ulnar collateral ligament (see this chart ). That total has increased in each of the past three years. Yikes.

Of the 29 pitchers profiled in last year’s edition of this article, 14 spent time on the disabled list. That’s 48 percent! Brandon McCarthy and Jason Vargas needed Tommy John surgery, while Tim Hudson served two DL stints due to a shoulder strain. A.J. Burnett dealt with elbow inflammation. Alex Cobb experienced forearm tendinitis. Strained hamstrings got the best of Mike Leake and Ian Kennedy, while achy backs shelved Jake Peavy and Phil Hughes. Despite being tabbed in last year’s list, big names such as Zack Greinke, Chris Archer and David Price were able to avoid the dreaded disabled list.

This year’s article will feature players who meet the following criteria: 1) Threw more than 120 innings in 2014, and 2) Saw an increase in pitch count by at least 15 percent from 2014 to 2015. The table below consists of the pitchers who met the following criteria.

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