[Sylvanfan]

Pitching is also the most injury prone position in all of pro sports in my opinion. Overhand throwing is an unatural motion in which several things can go wrong. Look at how a guy like McGowan who had great stuff looks like his career may be done. Really two years ago, Marcum, McGowan, and Litsch were backing Halladay and Burnett in the rotation, last year all of them more or less miss the entire year due to injury and so far only Marcum has made it back to the majors.

So for every 3 pitchers you take you can likely expect at least one of them to have a shortened career due to injury. Hence why it isn't a bad move to really stock up on them.