Official. Reds add Sonny Gray to Roark & Wood Added.

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(01-22-2019, 07:11 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: The idea of having an "Opener" pitch through the 1st rotation of the batting order, for the "Starter" to go deeper in games, is a concept that I had never heard of, until you just brought it up.  Is this a practice that is going on regularly, and I just never even realized it? (it's been a while since I paid any serious attention to Baseball)  

It's a concept that started gaining a lot of steam last season especially after the All Star break. Several teams have kicked around the idea of basically doing away with true starters and just having a platoon of openers, mids, and closers. One of the main reasons is the $$$$

With true starters being done away with who's going to pay an "opener" that's pitching two innings a start a gazillion dollar contract ?
I doubt how much steam this is going to gain.

(01-22-2019, 07:59 PM)Circleville Guy Wrote: This concept makes no sense to me and throws off the starter knowing exactly when he’s inserted into the game. The players union would hate it and fans would too if it back fired. Everyone wants to be revolutionary and change the game. It would make as much of a dent as hitting the pitcher 8th wins tons more games. The starter is still gonna pitch as long as he’s pitching well. A setup or closer isn’t going to “open”. That means that you start a guy every game that wasn’t good enough to be in the starting 5 or be a setup guy or closer. It sounds like a great plan to get a coach and manager fired. That’s called outsmarting yourself.

I don't like it at all either.