Good point, and as Bell alluded to, ever-increasing multi-inning roles of relievers have increased their value, while also prompting a rule-adjustment need for assigning victories to pitchers.
I would also add, however, that workhorse starters (currently defined as "going five" or "two times through the order", whichever comes first) provide another asset that can't be overlooked or quantified: eating innings, which gives some of the almost-daily bullpen guys a day of R & R -- recovery and reset. Managers, coaches and players talk about it all the time; in that sense, a pitcher who starts 30 games can positively impact around 45 games... if half his starts "go long," and refreshed relievers are better the next game after a day off.
Best numbers 3rd time through.
.673 Perez
.780 Eovaldi
.819 Sale (26 PA)
.924 Richards
1.011 Pivetta
1.016 ERod
1.489 Houck (18 PA)
2020 (10+ PAs)
.571 Perez
1.200 Eovaldi
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Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
No. If I knew it based on something (history?) then I might use him as a starter because it’s usually easier to replace relievers than it is to replace starters.
But right now my opinion is Houck and Whitlock work will in the bullpen. It’s not broken. Why fix it? Getting new starters might put question marks on the rotation, but moving Houck and/or Whitlock there and replacing both creates more question marks.
Where did you read that we lost Ottavino? I keep track of https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...rades-analysis and it's not there.
Starters pitch more innings, but relievers appear in , and effect the outcome of , many more games. And for late relievers , it is usually in close games. The trend seems to be bigger staffs , more rest days and quicker hooks for starters . And more reliance on the bullpen.
Old school is good school.
Rangers to sign Semien to $175M/7. That's $25M x 7. They also signed Kole Calhoun.
Marlins sign Avisail Garcia to $53M/4. That's over $13M x 4.
Byron Buxton agrees to extension for $100M/7.
Kluber signs for $8M but can make over $4M in bonuses based on games started.
Am I supposed to bash Bloom for not paying more on any of these FAs?
Not!
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