Post by hank on Jul 31, 2013 22:41:01 GMT -5
Great article Bill on the rules.
There is one rule I was hoping we could discuss. I think a good pros and cons discussion would help see if it was or wasn't viable for upcoming years.
As the rules are now, there is little opportunity for teams to allow new or part-time pitchers to gain valuable game experience. What I mean is that if a team is leading by a comfortable margin they may want to allow a new pitcher to come in for some mop up duty to practice in a game situation/get some work in, etc. However, if that team comes back against that mop up pitcher, the original starter has no opportunity to come back in to halt the bleeding. This, of course, leads to the third and fourth string pitchers not being able to pitch because of a team's fear that they may not do well and lose a game for the team that they most likely would have won if the one or two pitcher kept throwing.
I know there are reasons why we would not want to allow free pitching substitutions, such as to avoid a dominating pitcher pitching every game or lefty righty matchups all game, but can anyone think of a feasible way we could allow our third and fourth string pitchers to gain experience in a game situation?
I know we don't want Devers/Sorber against leftys, Reznick/Hunsinger against rightys etc. during our games in a homage to Davey Johnson's Mets years, but Devers or Sorber coming out with a sizable lead to allow Reznick or Nick to get some throwing in I think would be beneficial to all teams.
The only problem is how could we do this and avoid exploitation of a rule meant to help back up pitchers get some work in and not be a "you run the risk of losing the game" decision? Or should we just leave it up to the teams to have their pitchers practice on their own?
Obviously, such a new rule would improve pitching throughout the league if teams took advantage of any situations they were given, but there would be potential for exploitation if not designed properly.
Also, book club in Nanticoke September 25 we are reading To Kill a Mockingbird
There is one rule I was hoping we could discuss. I think a good pros and cons discussion would help see if it was or wasn't viable for upcoming years.
As the rules are now, there is little opportunity for teams to allow new or part-time pitchers to gain valuable game experience. What I mean is that if a team is leading by a comfortable margin they may want to allow a new pitcher to come in for some mop up duty to practice in a game situation/get some work in, etc. However, if that team comes back against that mop up pitcher, the original starter has no opportunity to come back in to halt the bleeding. This, of course, leads to the third and fourth string pitchers not being able to pitch because of a team's fear that they may not do well and lose a game for the team that they most likely would have won if the one or two pitcher kept throwing.
I know there are reasons why we would not want to allow free pitching substitutions, such as to avoid a dominating pitcher pitching every game or lefty righty matchups all game, but can anyone think of a feasible way we could allow our third and fourth string pitchers to gain experience in a game situation?
I know we don't want Devers/Sorber against leftys, Reznick/Hunsinger against rightys etc. during our games in a homage to Davey Johnson's Mets years, but Devers or Sorber coming out with a sizable lead to allow Reznick or Nick to get some throwing in I think would be beneficial to all teams.
The only problem is how could we do this and avoid exploitation of a rule meant to help back up pitchers get some work in and not be a "you run the risk of losing the game" decision? Or should we just leave it up to the teams to have their pitchers practice on their own?
Obviously, such a new rule would improve pitching throughout the league if teams took advantage of any situations they were given, but there would be potential for exploitation if not designed properly.
Also, book club in Nanticoke September 25 we are reading To Kill a Mockingbird
