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Originally Posted by bizaro86
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.
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Making Bassit the 3rd highest paid reliver in the league would certainly be... something
Why not just pay 2 high leverage arms if that's the plan
https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/rankings...ntract_average