Dusty Baker told MLB Network Radio hosts Casey Stern and Cliff Floyd this past week that Stephen Strasburg’s recent run of success, which includes 34 straight scoreless innings on the mound, could be traced to the decision to place the 29-year-old right-hander on the Disabled List earlier this season.
Baker said it was GM Mike Rizzo, who took a ton of abuse for shutting Strasburg down in September of 2012, when Washington was on its way to the first of four postseason appearances in the last six seasons, who made the decision to keep Strasburg out of the rotation when a right elbow nerve impingement cropped up in July.