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Originally Posted by GirlySports
LR is kind of pointless in the regular season. How much are we paying Bassitt for mop up duty and why would he stay to do that?
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I think the assumption that long relievers can only be used in low leverage situations is a bad one - one of those silly old baseball traditions (like the best reliever in the 9th instead of pitching vs the best hitters).
If Bassitt is in your pen, I think you give him two or three innings (eg 6/7/8) in a close game twice a week.
I don't think we need 3 guys in that spot though, if you keep Varland as a reliever I think he makes sense as a 1 inning guy.