re: SBL 2014

Because starting them all lowers k/9. With 25 innings, you'd can just have 2 dominant starters every week and cycle in a third guy off an incredibly deep bench. In weeks when one or both of your staff have 2 starts, it renders the rest of your staff useless. Switching k/9 to k's also balances out the ratio advantage by hoarding closers and/or what I mentioned above.

We're not talking about a massive increase here. A 5 to 10 increase still wouldn't have to make anyone start the Kuechels of the world. That's a little dramatic.