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Originally Posted by 26 Reasons to Hate Us
I'm guessing Kennedy's cap is higher because he's hasn't been set back by injuries like Joba and Hughes have. Hughes would probably be capped at 200 this year if he didn't pull his hammy, because I believe his cap last year was ~175. Joba had tendonitis in college in '06 that limited him to 89.1 innings, which is why he only pitched a total of 112.1 innings last year.
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It is solely based upon their prior yr's workload and typically you dont want to increase that by more than 50 in one season, ideally you would like to keep it at 30. Joba threw 135 IP last yr. Hughes only threw 110, but he threw 150 the yr before and his decrease was due to a non-arm ailment. So he should be on track for what he was supposed to throw last yr (about 170 or a 20IP increase from his 06 workload). Kennedy threw 165 IP last yr and going by the formula, he should be on pace for 200IP.