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BoldyMinnesota
There should be a limit on players allowed to be used in September. Joe giradi basically makes a pitching change every batter once he gets to the seventh, that’s taking expanded rosters to the extreme
Doc Halladay
Instead of limiting rosters, what about setting a limit on how many relievers you have on game day? Teams have to set a lineup each day and come September, when rosters expand, they’d have to set their BP lineup as well. Set it at 7 or 8 per game since that’s generally what teams carry all season anyway and everyone wins. Contenders worried about taxing a BP can make their closer inactive for a game if he’s pitched the previous 2-3 days and replace him with a fresh arm. It’d be no different than what happens already in the season except teams wouldn’t have to worry about DFA or optioning players.
BoldyMinnesota
That’s kind of what I meant, I wasn’t really clear though. Keep 40 guys up on the big league team, and maybe have a 25 man active roster minus your 4 unavailable starters
Doc Halladay
That could work too. I like the theory behind 40 man rosters for September as its a way to keep the top contenders as fresh as possible for quality post-season okay but tweaks do need to be made to ensure that a manager can’t or shouldn’t make 4 pitching changes in a single inning.
Doc Halladay
Quality post-season *play*. God how I hate auto-correct lol
24TheKid
Tom has a career 2.98 era with Seattle and a 10 with Texas, maybe there really is something more to that trade. Although I highly doubt Tom purposely blew games in Texas.
Connorsoxfan
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