High-innings relievers at the quarter-season mark
May 25 2025
Relievers are getting more innings than ever before. The relievers getting those innings fall into three groups:
1) traditional long-man/spot-starters, who mostly pitch in long relief but do get a start when needed and fill innings early in games or in extra innings;
2) relievers who pitch in the bulk of the team's games, here the filter is set to relievers who have pitched in more than 20 games so far;
3) multiple-inning relievers who are asked to fill multiple roles at any time in a game to get teams through the schedule.
Sometimes, these three groupings overlap.
The reason these relievers are interesting is not the search for saves, but rather the incremental strikeouts, vulture wins, holds for holds leagues, and potential for...
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