MIAMI -- There's no question that starting pitchers are throwing fewer and fewer innings. It's a trend in baseball that Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman isn't necessarily opposed to.
Gone are the starters throwing 300-plus innings in a season. Steve Carlton was the last of that dying breed, tossing 304 innings back in 1980 for the Phillies. In the 2017 season, San Francisco's Jeff Samardzija led the National League with 207 2/3 innings pitched, barely surpassing the 200-inning mark. Only once in NL history has a starting pitcher led the league with fewer than 200 innings.