Building a pitching staff
Posted: March 2nd, 2021, 10:01 pm
Todd,
I always struggle with the thought of taking relief pitchers that are not likely to be closers to round out my pitching staff. I tend to take the long shot starters that I'm hoping will finally find it. I have taken set up guys to help my ratios before but then I end up struggling with K's and then you never know when even a good reliever will throw up a 4 run inning without recording an out. Hard to recover from that but I guess a started can do something similar. I end up either dropping them to pick up a promising prospect, stream starters or just leave them on my bench to use in an emergency.
So many relievers that are not projected to get saves are relatively high up in the rankings. Is that due to the uncertainty of bullpens this time of year (saves are divided up) or are they just better options to hold rather than weak starters that can kill ratios? Any thoughts on what a 9 pitcher staff build would look like if you were mixing in a D. Williams, Pomeranz, Trevor May or Pedro Baez to 2 closers and 5 or 6 starters? Would I need to make sure I had K's covered with my starters?
Appreciate any thoughts you have.
I always struggle with the thought of taking relief pitchers that are not likely to be closers to round out my pitching staff. I tend to take the long shot starters that I'm hoping will finally find it. I have taken set up guys to help my ratios before but then I end up struggling with K's and then you never know when even a good reliever will throw up a 4 run inning without recording an out. Hard to recover from that but I guess a started can do something similar. I end up either dropping them to pick up a promising prospect, stream starters or just leave them on my bench to use in an emergency.
So many relievers that are not projected to get saves are relatively high up in the rankings. Is that due to the uncertainty of bullpens this time of year (saves are divided up) or are they just better options to hold rather than weak starters that can kill ratios? Any thoughts on what a 9 pitcher staff build would look like if you were mixing in a D. Williams, Pomeranz, Trevor May or Pedro Baez to 2 closers and 5 or 6 starters? Would I need to make sure I had K's covered with my starters?
Appreciate any thoughts you have.