Free agency is just in its infancy, but there are tickles up and down the spectrum already. The pitchers who converted to starting: Lost stuff to the tune of 8 points of Stuff+ Lost fastball stuff Averaged two pitches they could command That’s pretty much all they shared as a group. If we limit last year’s set of relievers to …
For 100 years, that wasn’t just a casual question. “It’s really hard to force pitchers to start and go,” said one exec, “because in my opinion, you’re going to get into all sorts of situations where you ask: Is someone faking an injury? So the idea would be if you pull your starter, you’re going to lose a ball game …
Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer reacts after striking out San Francisco’s Wilmer Flores for the final out of the Dodgers’ National League Division Series win on Oct. 14. “I’m not one of these old-school tradition guys where ‘Oh, the game was so much better,’ ” Kershaw said. I think that’s happened with our game too.” Could the pitching evolution, successful as …
