The End of Reds Young Pitchers: Enter the Dusty Baker Era

I was just gamecasting and was annoyed at the managing of Dusty Baker so I decided to blog a little about how much of an idiot I think he is in managing. The Reds this year have two top prospects that are starting to pitch and are so far pitching well. Thomas Alva Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto. Today against the Cubbies, Volquez was pitching and through 4 innings he had 97 pitches, which is a rather large amount for a rookie. Dusty decided to put him back in in the 5th inning to the heart of the Cubs lineup. Volquez got two Ks and was able to get through the 5th registering 112 total pitches. In the top of the 6th, Volquez hit for himself for the last out and it looked like he was going to come in for another round, after 112 pitches??? Dusty took him out in the 6th but why even allow him to pitch after 100 pitches when you are a rookie? I am fearful that both Cueto and Volquez will have to have shoulder replacement surgery before they are allowed to drink. I did a little research on how Dusty goes through pitchers and here is what I came up with.

2000: Livan Hernandez (SF) #2 on the list of total pitches (I know that Livan is a workhorse and always tops the list, maybe this is where Dustys fascination with having pitchers pitch 120 pitches per game started, maybe he thinks everyone has the arm of Livan)
2001: Livan Hernandez (SF) #3, Russ Ortiz (SF) #28
2002: Livan Hernandez (SF) #2, Russ Ortiz (SF) #4, Jason Schmidt (SF) #15
2003: Kerry Wood (CHC) (at age 26)#2, Mark Prior (CHC) #4 (at age 22) , Carlos Zambrano (CHC) #11 (at age 22)
2004: Zambrano #3 (at age 23), Wood #16 (at age 27)
2005: Zambrano #2, Prior #3
2006: Zambrano #2


Volquez and Cueto are both screwed, and I would assume that Aaron Harang will have to have surgery too...I really hate Dusty Baker and wish he would have stayed off the field.