Pitchers to decline in the 2nd half

Imagine your current employer asking you to work twice as much this year compared to last year. At some point you will hit the wall and your work production will start to decrease. Today I will discuss pitchers(rookie and 1-2 yr pitchers) that are approaching their innings worked limit from years prior. There are some big name pitchers on this list, their current team depends on them every 5 days but when your arm is fatigued, you are near your career high in innings pitched, you are due for a let down. In no particular order I will list some of the pitchers are headed for a decrease in production.

Big names:
Yovanni Gallardo: already has 114INN on pace 211INN career high 110INN
Joba Chamberlain: already has 80INN on pace 163INN career high no more than 100INN
Clayton Kershaw: already has 100INN on pace 180INN career high 107INN
Rick Porcello: already has 87INN on pace 163INN career high 125 INN in Single-A
Jordan Zimmerman: already has 86INN on pace 165INN career high 106 INN Double-A


Dallas Braden: already has 112INN on pace 214INN career high no more than 97INN
Max Scherzer: already has 96 INN on pace 177 INN career high 100INN in minors
Brett Anderson
Vin Mazzaro
Trevor Cahill
Sharon Martis
Ricky Romero
Jeff Niemann
Chris Volstad
Brad Bergesen
Brian Tallet

One other angle to look at is the Year-After-Effect with pitchers. These pitchers saw their innings pitched rise last year to a point that this year they will be fatigued earlier towards the end of the season. Here's a short list of players that I am afraid potentially will lose productivity.

Cole Hamels: not having a great year to begin with
Jon Lester
Mike Pelfrey
Manny Parra: already feeling the effects
Edwin Jackson
Wandy Rodriguez


Some of these players will eventually hit their wall, and if their team is not in playoff contention, these players will be shut down for the rest of the season saving their arms for the future. Just pay attention to some of these players you do not want to head towards fantasy playoffs with pitchers not pitching to their potentials.

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