20 Starters Facing Innings Limits Before Trade Deadline
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- Jacob Misiorowski (MIL) is rated the highest risk after being pulled after four innings amid conflicting arm fatigue reports, with the Brewers likely to preserve him for a playoff push.
- Chase Burns (CIN) already touched his previous innings high (111) before landing on the IL last year, and the Reds now have less to play for than they did then, raising shutdown risk.
- Reid Detmers (LAA) is flagged as a medium risk and one of the most likely trade candidates, meaning any acquiring team would want him active rather than shelved.
- Roki Sasaki (LAD) could be shifted to the bullpen or shut down entirely once the Dodgers reassemble their postseason rotation, mirroring how he was deployed last October.
- Christian Scott (NYM) returned from Tommy John surgery in April and has never reached 100 innings in a season, making him a near-candidate for curtailment in a lost Mets season.
- Brandon Young (BAL) is only 52% rostered in CBS Sports leagues and has already nearly matched his career high (111 innings) — a surprise contributor whose fantasy window may close soon.
- The Dodgers have three starters on the watchlist (Wrobleski, Sheehan, Sasaki), underscoring the organization's reputation for heavy-handed workload management regardless of a pitcher's age or performance.
Why it matters: For fantasy managers, any pulled start or bullpen demotion tanks a pitcher's trade value, and with roughly 60 innings left per starter, owners holding these 20 arms risk watching production evaporate. The trade deadline is the optimal window to sell high before teams like the Brewers, Dodgers, and Pirates — all with reduced or fading playoff stakes — institute skipped starts, early hooks, or phantom IL stints.
