Baseball fans were appalled that Stanford’s Quinn Mathews threw a mind-boggling 156 pitches

A college pitcher shouldn’t be throwing this much!

Anyone who follows the game of baseball closely knows that pitchers and their arms have to be appropriately managed. While competitive spirit can take over, you usually don’t want your guys overexerting themselves to the point of dangerous fatigue and exhaustion.

Evidently, Stanford baseball lost sight of this with Quinn Mathews on Sunday evening. In a pivotal Game 2 of the Cardinal’s Super Regional series with Texas, Mathews threw an astonishing 156 pitches in nine innings to help his team to an 8-3 win. Perhaps more impressively, he somehow only notched three walks while striking out 16 hitters. Truly, it was a dynamic workhorse performance all around.

Now, that said, Mathews is a college senior. Presumably, he wants an MLB future. It was downright irresponsible to have him go this long in an amateur game, risking injury and his professional prospects. Heck, most MLB pitchers don’t even come close to that kind of pitch count these days!

Lest I forget: Mathews will apparently be available for a few more innings in tonight’s finale. Phew.

Stanford got the win, so it accomplished its main objective in the short term. But someone should’ve probably been looking out for Mathews’ health in the long run.

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