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Why wouldn't a pitching staff of 9 closers not work?
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:14 pm
Arms all stay fresh. Pitch an inning-maybe two-every day. No tiring. No acclimating or adjusting two-three times through the lineup.
Has anyone ever tried this?
Has anyone ever tried this?
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Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:16 pm to GFunk
For starters, injuries would throw a wrench in that plan.
Money. Each pitcher would be equally important requiring to be paid as so.
Money. Each pitcher would be equally important requiring to be paid as so.
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:16 pm to GFunk
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Arms all stay fresh. Pitch an inning-maybe two-every day. No tiring. No acclimating or adjusting two-three times through the lineup.
You need waaaay more than 9 guys to do it.
If you have a guy or two get in a jam and can't pitch out of it like a starter you would get into trouble quick
You can't find enough good pitchers to do this and feel out your staff.
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:16 pm to GFunk
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No tiring.
Yeah except that everyone in your pen would pitch 100+ games a year
What a terrible idea
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:17 pm to barry
It is rare to see a closer work more than three straight games, even in Save situations...their arms can't handle more than 50-60 games...much less 162.
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:17 pm to GFunk
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Arms all stay fresh. Pitch an inning-maybe two-every day. No tiring. No acclimating or adjusting two-three times through the lineup. Has anyone ever tried this?
I kinda like the idea!
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:17 pm to GFunk
Are you kidding me? Are you really suggesting that a pitcher should pitch one inning for 162 straight games? Their arms would be shredded by the second week of the season.
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:17 pm to bamafan425
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For starters, injuries would throw a wrench in that plan.
Not to mention extra innings
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:17 pm to GFunk
Not sure if serious
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:17 pm to GFunk
So you want 9 guys to throw in 162 straight games? 
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:17 pm to 1ranter1
Theoreticlly they would pitch 162 innings
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:19 pm to TH03
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Theoreticlly they would pitch 162 innings
But in real life half of them would throw about 20 before they needed arm surgery after the third week of pitching everyday
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:20 pm to GFunk
You gonna pull a pitcher that has a perfect game after 1 inning?
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:20 pm to 1ranter1
oh, I know, it's a terribly stupid idea.
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:20 pm to Bench McElroy
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Are you kidding me? Are you really suggesting that a pitcher should pitch one inning for 162 straight games? Their arms would be shredded by the second week of the season.
You could get a bunch of knuckleballers.
Posted on 4/10/13 at 11:23 pm to GFunk
This would probably be pretty mentally taxing as well.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 12:01 am to GFunk
Buddy of mine and I tossed around a different idea: sign one top flight pitcher, an aging workhorse kind of guy, a knuckleballer, and maybe a guy who only throws junk.
Four of the five games of your rotation are those guys. The fifth pitcher is always open. For that spot, most of your remaining staff are open and you basically pitch Johnny Wholestaff. Here, you might occasionally see 9 pitchers in 8 innings, or you may just go with the hot hand. But the poibt is that the opposition can't prepare for who is out there.
Four of the five games of your rotation are those guys. The fifth pitcher is always open. For that spot, most of your remaining staff are open and you basically pitch Johnny Wholestaff. Here, you might occasionally see 9 pitchers in 8 innings, or you may just go with the hot hand. But the poibt is that the opposition can't prepare for who is out there.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 12:08 am to Sophandros
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Buddy of mine and I tossed around a different idea
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poibt
You're drunk.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 12:14 am to Sophandros
So wear out your whole bull pen in one game because you're too cheap to get a 5th starter?
Posted on 4/11/13 at 12:43 am to GFunk
This would not work because the ninth inning only happens once per game
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