QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 09:32 AM)
Yes. Pee wee league counts too.
But to be practical, we'll determine major league mileage by looking at major league innings. Valuable pitching prospects don't get ridden hard in the minors.
For comparison's sake, Sale has thrown just a little bit less in the MLB - 405 IP.
We can't say they've had a similar workload though, because Jeffy threw 485 IP in MiLB while Chris threw 10.
Samardzija threw 241 IP in college, too. Chris had similar college usage.
What we can see, though, is you can't call Samardzija's arm 25 when he's thrown twice the innings of our 24 year old ace. How old is Chris's arm? 12? All of those innings count.