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Originally Posted by bizaro86
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.
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That would be totally new. Nobody is using a guy 3 innings, 6/7/8 in this era of platoons and matchups. Why not 7/8/9 forget the closer?
Even if you ran bullpen this way, Bassitt wouldn't go for it nor would you pay a guy 15 million to do that.