Young starting pitchers are protected like baby chicks in the major leagues these days, but the shift in thinking on pitch count extends beyond guys like Joba Chamberlain and David Price. Managers and pitching coaches have become much more regimented in regulating the work of their relievers. Most teams -- if not all -- monitor how often a reliever warms up, how many pitches are thrown during the warm-ups and how often they actually pitch, in a way that nobody would've dreamed of a decade ago. ...

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