The sum-up is this: the idea that pitch counts in an outing have an effect on injury potential, not pitch counts over a season per se. Points are awarded for pitches beyond, say, 90-100. Each pitch beyond 100 is worth more points than the pitch preceeding it.

Now, we have two poster boys for PAP on the roster already -- Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. So it's not something I'm ready to dismiss out of hand.

That said, not all pitchers are created equal as far as PAP are concerned. They're particularly relevant for young pitchers -- once someone has developed experience, they're less relevant. Body type is also a factor -- guys built like Zambrano seem to be less injury prone than wiry guys like, say, Rich Hill.

And, to answer the question, Zambrano was second in PAP in 2006, behind Livian Hernandez. Same in '05. (Prior was third in '05, which was the first hint I had the page had changed.) He was third in '04... Livian Hernandez still led, Jason Schmidt was second.

In '03 Zambrano was 11th, finally taking him out of the top three -- Javier Vasquez was first, followed by Kerry Wood, Livian Hernandez, and Mark Prior, in that order.

So what can we tell from all of this?

• Livian Hernandez is apparently indestructable. Or something. So high PAP isn't a guarantee of death.
  
• Kerry Wood and Mark Prior are apparently not indestructable.
  
• Carlos's workload is probably a concern for someone pondering the posibility of investing a year's worth of GDP for the Kingdom of Tonga in a single starting pitcher over seven years.