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Originally Posted by GirlySports
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.
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I agree it would be completely new, but I also think it'd mostly be better, at least in some circumstances.
Right now there are guys who pitch 150+ innings (starters) and guys who pitch <80 innings (relievers). I think there's probably some guys who don't have enough to be starters but are too good to only do 60-70 IP. I think Bassitt is a great example - probably not a top tier starter anymore, but would be deadly once through the order in relief, and would probably have the stamina to do that every 4th game (especially if you made it a routine). That'd be 120 IP per year.
The guys who are almost good enough to be starters end up pitching the lowest leverage innings from the pen, which is ridiculous.