View: https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1454425605118771200?s=20
So, the big mantra now is that baseball desperately needs starting pitchers, that starters are a dying breed, and that baseball is sacrificing its "stars" to "efficiency."
It's "nerds are ruining the game" all over again, of course, this time triggered by the Braves pulling their starter after five innings of no-hit ball. Ho hum. Dumb people are going to dumb.
But Rosenthal is out here with a "win-win" idea to fix the game and return starters to prominence:
1. Limit the number of pitchers on the roster to 11
2. Take away a team's DH when the starter leaves the game
3. MAGIC
4. Starters are famous again
The logic seems flawed on lots of levels, and I don't want to even acknowledge there's a problem with so-called "faceless" relievers (hey, Ken, it's sorta your job to put a face to a name there), but this seems pretty asinine on its face and I think it deserves ridicule.
• EdRod shits the bed and JD's done for the day?
• How long do we leave our starter in, hoping he doesn't blow out his arm, because JD's up third next inning?
• Who's hitting in the big spot in the ninth when we've already blown through two pinch hitters filling that spot? Can't wait to see Danny Santana trying to drive in Xander!
• Will teams now bat DHs lower in the order?
• Uh-oh, it's a bullpen day because of injuries/doubleheader/whatever - guess we just don't get a DH today!
Not to mention all of the pitching arm injuries in the transition he outlines.
Rotations are fucked up, no one threw innings because of covid last year, the whole world is in a global pandemic, etc., and these guys want to say 2021 is the product we should be focusing on in terms of figuring out how to fix it? Nah.
(Edited to fix typos)
So, the big mantra now is that baseball desperately needs starting pitchers, that starters are a dying breed, and that baseball is sacrificing its "stars" to "efficiency."
It's "nerds are ruining the game" all over again, of course, this time triggered by the Braves pulling their starter after five innings of no-hit ball. Ho hum. Dumb people are going to dumb.
But Rosenthal is out here with a "win-win" idea to fix the game and return starters to prominence:
1. Limit the number of pitchers on the roster to 11
2. Take away a team's DH when the starter leaves the game
3. MAGIC
4. Starters are famous again
The logic seems flawed on lots of levels, and I don't want to even acknowledge there's a problem with so-called "faceless" relievers (hey, Ken, it's sorta your job to put a face to a name there), but this seems pretty asinine on its face and I think it deserves ridicule.
• EdRod shits the bed and JD's done for the day?
• How long do we leave our starter in, hoping he doesn't blow out his arm, because JD's up third next inning?
• Who's hitting in the big spot in the ninth when we've already blown through two pinch hitters filling that spot? Can't wait to see Danny Santana trying to drive in Xander!
• Will teams now bat DHs lower in the order?
• Uh-oh, it's a bullpen day because of injuries/doubleheader/whatever - guess we just don't get a DH today!
Not to mention all of the pitching arm injuries in the transition he outlines.
Rotations are fucked up, no one threw innings because of covid last year, the whole world is in a global pandemic, etc., and these guys want to say 2021 is the product we should be focusing on in terms of figuring out how to fix it? Nah.
(Edited to fix typos)
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