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Originally Posted by RchW
Not sure what you mean by this. None of the 30 teams allowed SP to go through the lineup a third time with any regularity!
There seems to be no correlation between SP usage and success in the regular season. By simple observation KC played better than anyone in the playoffs. Their bullpen was great but they played better in every area than any other team.
If you want the data I can post it. Don't want to go OT but do want to explode myths.  |
Here is what he means by that. This is just one article, but there were many written about this over the last few years.
The Royals and Rays are reinventing how teams use starting pitchers and it's going to drive baseball traditionalists crazy