The relief pitching (9th inning in particular)

[mchammer]

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[Horn6721]

I know I will show my baseball ignorance here
But after what happened in first game why wouldn't you consider putting in a starter for 9th inning instead of someone with a terrible era?

 

[mchammer]

I know I will show my baseball ignorance here
But after what happened in first game why wouldn't you consider putting in a starter for 9th inning instead of someone with a terrible era?

Recall last year we moved a starter to closer.

 

[Your Wrong]

Morehouse was a starter.

 

[Horn6721]

I had forgotten.
I was thinking more of a situational thing
Like last night's game.

 

[FWHORN]

The blown ninth inning leads in about four games so far this year are the difference between being a Big XII runaway leader and a certain national seed and just one of several teams hoping to be a regional seed. I can’t escape the feeling that they really are going to hurt when the tourney seeds get selected. I hope I’m wrong and this team finds a closer and still can win the conference and be a high seed but weekends like this one test that optimism.

 

[mchammer]

Here’s my solution: for every midweek game for rest of season I would do the following:
Starting pitcher: 3 innings (strictly applied)
Next 6 relief pitchers that need work: one inning each (strictly applied - no more, no less).

What is the point of the above? Simple - your job is to pitch one inning (like needed during a weekend series) with a minimal number of walks and HBP. If you give up 5 runs, so be it but you are going to throw strikes for one inning. Rinse and repeat for 5 other pitchers.