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    A New Kind of Starting Pitcher? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com →

    I’m not sure this idea is the right idea, but I would love to see some innovation in the way pitchers are handled in baseball. I hate the idea of assigned roles in pitching. It seems so Conventional Wisdomâ„¢ and I think that should be broken down wherever possible. In my lifetime, we will see a shift in the role of a starter to something more closely resembling this than the current state of affairs, and I think it will benefit teams with a few strong pitchers.

    — 1 year ago