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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I would love to see a manager buck the system and go back to a 4 man-rotation. They could all go 6-7 innings each start with a solid bullpen. And on days that there's a blowout, rest them early.
Would take a real couragous manager though, one not afraid of his job!
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That would also be a GM who is gutsy too to let his manager do it. He is the one who'd have to deal with agents complaining their client is being overworked and asked to pitch 40 games a year vs. 33 type of thing and shortening his guy's career. Than you'd have A.J. Burnetts asking to be on the D.L. every 5 starts for rest type of thing. If it was that easy to implement I suspect someone would have tried it.