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In response to "Within 5 years, half of the teams in baseball are going to use the opener." by Tim

The only issue is that you can't do it all that often or you'd burn out the bullpen. -- nm

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jul 19 '19, 17:25

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I can see teams having 2-3 dedicated starters and the rest guys that can do a couple innings each, and eschewing a closer entirely. -- nm - Tim Jul 19, 17:40 1
- I feel like teams need a minimum of three starters. The load on the pen would be too much if they were being used for whole games 3 out of 5 times. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 19, 18:03
Tampa does it 80% of the time. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 19, 17:27 3
- They have three or four starters right now. They do use it often but let's see a team do it and win in the playoffs. - Krusty Jul 19, 18:00 2
  - But what if a team fully committed? Instead of a traditional SP rotation, swap out for rubber armed; what are currently long relief pitchers? - JD Jul 19, 19:03 1
    - I don't think it can work for long. Guys are in the bullpen for a reason and it's usually because they're either not good enough to start or lack -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 19, 20:24

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