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Get StartedI have a feeling a lot of these college arms they are drafting since rd 3 are going straight to the bullpen. They all seem to have the same scouting report of hard throwing with 1 really good out pitch.
I sure hope not. You need to draft SP not BP. BP you get from the failed SP.
Taking 4-5 years to identify a good reliever from a poor starter is too late. This team has failed to develop BP arms for as long as I can remember. This is how we end up with a bullpen filled with Buck Farmers and Tyler Alexander's. We need to be more aggressive identifying flawed starters with 2 good pitches and converting them imo
But that's generally what happens.. Farmer was a starter at first, same with Funkhouser, Holland, Cisnero, Soto and just about everyone else. Jimenez went straight to BP.
SP are worth more so its a good idea to see if you can develop as a SP first.
Edit: Mariano Rivera was a SP at first for 5 seasons.
Mariano was gonna be good no matter what. He was a very good starter in the minors. Probably would've been a good starter in the majors too, but he was the best relief pitcher ever because they saw the value there. Detroit never does, that's why we end up with these career aaaa starters in our bullpen every year.
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