This season, he has used relief pitchers to play left field.
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This is why we have vice presidents, relief pitchers and sixth men.
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"Relief pitchers have really changed the game," he said on WFAN radio.
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Yankees relief pitchers sat cross-legged on the ground in the bullpen.
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He tops a particularly bountiful free agent market for relief pitchers this offseason.
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James gave the remaining $20173 to his team's catcher and the relief pitchers.
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Feature Dominant relief pitchers usually just get the last few outs of the game.
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Since 2014, he has a 2.22 E.R.A., better than all but four relief pitchers.
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Betances, a two-time All-Star, is among the best relief pitchers in pro ball.
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This winter, they lavished $66 million on the standout relief pitchers Adam Ottavino and Britton.
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But because of injuries and Monday's doubleheader, only five relief pitchers were available on Tuesday.
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All season long the team's relief pitchers have lugged jugs of kerosene to the mound.
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The addition of Motte gives the Rockies a 37-man roster that includes 13 relief pitchers.
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But Girardi went to his bullpen, using four relief pitchers, and his hitters went to work.
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The Rangers then used the four relief pitchers to close out the final 3 303/3 innings.
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By comparison, 30 years ago, starters and relief pitchers gave up a similar OPS+ of around 100.
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Six relief pitchers followed as a 2-2 stalemate with the Toronto Blue Jays stretched toward midnight.
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Lastly, starting this season, relief pitchers must face at least three batters, a major change for the league.
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Detroit eventually used four relief pitchers over the final three innings, and Shane Greene closed it in the ninth.
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Padres 3, Braves 1 Five relief pitchers held Atlanta to four hits as host San Diego scored a victory.
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Few relief pitchers proved to be a reliable bridge from the starting pitcher to closer Craig Kimbrel (42 saves).
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The solution: multiple relief pitchers and then a position player, Jose Reyes, coming in to pitch the eighth inning.
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Ryan Pressly (right knee soreness) came off the injured list and was one of four relief pitchers the Astros used.
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Padres relief pitchers other than Kinsler surrendered seven runs on eight hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings.
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They used their best relief pitchers early and often, rather than saving them for "save situations" that might never arrive.
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LOS ANGELES — The record has persisted through the decades, even as relief pitchers take more and more innings from starters.
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Rothschild said it has been a challenge juggling rest and work for all the relief pitchers given the many moving parts.
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Want to know which hitters do the best against low fastballs over 234 miles per hour from left-handed relief pitchers?
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Some players, like relief pitchers Chad Green, 27, and Adam Ottavino, 33, have adapted well to the data revolution in baseball.
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Aroldis Chapman — widely considered one of the most dominant relief pitchers in baseball — is looking to cash in on his elite status.
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He said he fell asleep while watching the Dodgers-Nationals finale, which took 4 hours 32 minutes and included 11 relief pitchers.
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They threw money at relief pitchers Adam Ottavino and Zack Britton, and at C.C. Sabathia and J.A. Happ, two veteran starting pitchers.
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He has traded veteran talent for the baseball equivalent of scrap wood, a bunch of hard-throwing and unrefined junior relief pitchers.
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Detroit eventually used four relief pitchers over the final three innings, and Shane Greene closed it in the ninth for his 17th save.
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Francona knew he'd have to burn his already-overworked bullpen and use some combination of relief pitchers to make it through the game.
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After Rick Porcello allowed one run over five innings, Cora got a spotless frame each from relief pitchers Matt Barnes and Ryan Brasier.
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In a bind, Mets Manager Mickey Callaway turned to two of his struggling relief pitchers, Jerry Blevins and Ramos, and neither could deliver.
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Strop was one of four relief pitchers to follow starting right-hander Jake Arrieta, who allowed three earned runs in 5 2/3 innings.
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"It seems like every one of our pitchers is averaging 20 pitches an inning, and our relief pitchers, too," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
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Well, the role of relief pitchers grew right along with all that carbon output; only now have the effects become too dramatic to ignore.
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Together, the signings were a statement of intent: Baseball was ready to usher in a new era of compensation for high-leverage relief pitchers.
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Pitching is all about WHIP and FIP (I'd explain the definitions, but then our heads would hurt) and a conga line of relief pitchers.
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Some of it is known as "bullpenning," the changing of the traditional roles for starting and relief pitchers to maximize matchups against an opponent.
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Miller's performance, along with the way he was used, provided a clarion call for those who believe that traditional relief pitchers' roles should be reconsidered.
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Someday we may just see a world where the best relief pitchers are pitching in the most critical situations, and not being "saved" for a save.
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Betances, a New York City native, has been one of baseball's best relief pitchers over the past five years, which have included four All-Star selections.
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The only two relief pitchers who did not allow a run were Jerry Blevins and Drew Smith, who combined to pitch two and a third innings.
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Because the score was so close, Counsell deployed some of his most capable relief pitchers: Corey Knebel (one and two-thirds innings) and Jeffress (one inning).
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Several relief pitchers are on pace for career highs in appearances, and Dellin Betances had a setback last week during his rehabilitation from a shoulder injury.
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MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price is doing quite a bit of ego massaging for his relief pitchers these days.
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Washington sports the worst bullpen ERA in the majors, and its relief pitchers have thrown the fewest innings in the league, in part due to their struggles.
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The deal with Seattle would leave several doubts, because of Cano's suspension and age, and because relief pitchers like Diaz are often volatile from year to year.
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INSIDE PITCH Dellin Betances, one of the Yankees' star relief pitchers, reported to spring training on Monday, a week late because of the birth of his son.
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"There will be many more great and talented relief pitchers, but there will never be another like him," Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement.
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The A's (55-71) then used three more relief pitchers to get to Blake Treinen, who came on with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth.
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The Mets' disabled list already included key players: outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Juan Lagares, relief pitchers Anthony Swarzak and A.J. Ramos, and infielders Todd Frazier and Wilmer Flores.
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As teams rethink how they use relief pitchers, more emphasis has been put on potential pivot points in a game that might occur well before the ninth inning.
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Lugo, who has been one of the best relief pitchers in the National League so far this season, coughed up a one-run lead in the eighth inning.
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Then the relief pitchers Justin Wilson and Seth Lugo (6-4) combined to allow the Dodgers the tying and go-ahead runs, in the eighth and ninth innings.
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Relief pitchers cannot throw on three consecutive days, regardless of pitch counts, and anyone who throws at least 50 pitches in a game must rest for four days.
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The fact that Familia is a pending free agent limited their asking price, but top relief pitchers are coveted by contending teams at this time of the season.
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Although none of them got one, two Yankees, relief pitchers Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman, who pulled up in a black S.U.V. that resembled an armored truck, stopped by.
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The only other relief pitchers to homer in the postseason were Travis Wood with the Chicago Cubs in 2016 and Rosy Ryan with the New York Giants in 1924.
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This one fit squarely within the trends of modern baseball and the Brewers' larger ethos, particularly during this postseason: employing creative strategies with a staff built around relief pitchers.
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One of the best relief pitchers in baseball, Betances may not be flawless, but he rarely appears cowed by a boisterous crowd, a difficult jam or a fearsome hitter.
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Other changes — such as a three-batter minimum for relief pitchers and the adoption of the designated hitter in the National League — will not be in place this season.
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When a team uses an opener, it intends to pull the starting pitcher after an inning or two and then use a string of relief pitchers to finish the game.
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On most nights, relief pitchers wander over to the bullpen by the fourth inning, but on Tuesday night, Jacob Rhame was on the mound with two outs in the first.
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Three of the five Boston relief pitchers in Game 1 — Brasier, Workman and Matt Barnes — recorded five outs while allowing three hits and three walks and throwing two wild pitches.
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This allowed the Brewers to rely more on their strength: their talented and deep group of relief pitchers, like Josh Hader, Corey Knebel, Jeremy Jeffress, Corbin Burnes, Woodruff and others.
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SPORTS An article on Monday about the Yankees' 2698-24637 win over the Baltimore Orioles misstated, in some copies, the number of relief pitchers the Yankees used in the game.
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Perdomo was the first of four relief pitchers the Padres used against San Diego County native Strasburg, who allowed one run on six hits with six strikeouts over seven innings.
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Five Boston relief pitchers combined to go 4 2/3 innings without allowing a run or a hit after starter Drew Pomeranz blanked the Orioles for the first 6 1/103.
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Five Padres relief pitchers held the Atlanta Braves to four hits Wednesday afternoon as host San Diego scored a 3-1 victory over the National League East leaders at Petco Park.
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EditorsNote: Adds that Banda was optioned to Triple-A Reno after the game New relievers help Nationals hold off Diamondbacks PHOENIX — Dusty Baker is getting to know his new relief pitchers.
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When Stearns made high-strikeout relief pitchers a priority for the bullpen, Counsell successfully deployed them during the season and the playoffs, including to start a game in the past round.
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He spent the off-season telling the Mets' relief pitchers about the team's new philosophy, including Jeurys Familia, the former All-Star closer who is eligible for free agency next winter.
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It has become harder in recent seasons for relief pitchers to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and designated hitters have historically had an extremely high bar to clear.
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The remaining dominoes in a saturated market for relief pitchers — including big names like Craig Kimbrel, Zach Britton and Andrew Miller — may now follow suit and shortly sign new deals, too.
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Over the weekend, the Yankees placed two relief pitchers on the injured list: Jonathan Holder, with inflammation in his throwing shoulder, and Stephen Tarpley, with an impingement in his throwing elbow.
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Over the weekend, the Yankees placed two relief pitchers on the injured list: Jonathan Holder, with inflammation in his throwing shoulder, and Stephen Tarpley, with an impingement in his throwing elbow.
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As the Yankees' setup man, Betances earned a spot in his fourth consecutive All-Star Game, and he has been among the best relief pitchers in the game during his career.
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The Dodgers were leading the Red Sox 4–0 in the sixth inning but lost the game 9–6 after relief pitchers gave up multiple runs in the eighth and ninth innings.
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Halladay, who threw a perfect game and a playoff no-hitter for the Phillies in 2010, now seems like a relic in a craft that relies more and more on relief pitchers.
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The winners were determined by a panel of five Hall of Fame relief pitchers - Hoffman, Rivera, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers and Lee Smith - and two other retired closers, John Franco and Billy Wagner.
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A versatile roster has allowed Chicago manager Joe Maddon to run out some quirky lineups, but nothing like Tuesday's marathon in which he used six players – including three relief pitchers – in left field.
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The Astros jumped on Dodgers starting pitcher Yu Darvish early, scoring all five runs in the first two innings before riding a long string of relief pitchers to the win at Dodger Stadium.
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The Mets, who had one of the worst bullpens in baseball last season, could have signed one or two older relief pitchers on the free-agent market and spared their improving farm system.
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Employing a bullpen-heavy strategy during an entire 162-game regular season is difficult given the added strain and injury risk it puts on relief pitchers, who are throwing harder than ever before.
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Say what you will about the cardiovascular parts of the game, but no one can deny that playing that often takes a toll on a player, and relief pitchers might pay the biggest price.
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And the Yankees, who in the middle of the summer still had an outside shot at making the playoffs, possessed two of the very best relief pitchers in baseball in Chapman and Andrew Miller.
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In handling his bullpen, Counsell had to strike a balance between doing all he could to win this game and also protecting his stoutest relief pitchers for a Game 7 about 24 hours later.
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"There's so many good relief pitchers who have the ability to go out there and dominate that managers are just trying to do what they feel is the best to help win the game," Kluber said.
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They hired the Rays pitching analytics expert Josh Kalk as a senior analyst before the 2018 season, during which the Twins began copying Tampa Bay's experiment of starting games with relief pitchers to maximize matchup advantages.
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Although the Yankees are hoping that Sabathia misses only one start and that Paxton can return this week, their absence has created extra strain on the bullpen — even if it had 10 relief pitchers on Sunday.
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An extra week, he thinks, could translate into an additional five to 10 pitches and could spare managers from having to go to their bullpens too early, which in turn places strain on the relief pitchers.
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This winter, they traded prospects for starting pitcher James Paxton and spent $140 million, most of it either re-signing or adding starting pitchers J.A. Happ and Sabathia, and relief pitchers Zack Britton and Adam Ottavino.
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Rhame, 26, is one of the Mets' most unassuming relief pitchers, taking the mound with thick-frame glasses or recreation goggles, but he inserted himself into the National League East rivalry with two high fastballs against Hoskins.
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Noah Syndergaard, who is returning from a stint on the disabled list for hand, foot and mouth disease, was slated to start on Wednesday, so the Mets wanted to keep some relief pitchers fresh just in case.
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When Mets Manager Mickey Callaway took over last year, he preached flexible roles for relief pitchers as a way to secure the best matchup against an opponent, but he ended up using Familia primarily as a closer, anyway.
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Relief pitchers can be unpredictable from season to season, but the Mets are banking that their intimate knowledge of Familia will make it easier for him to have a successful 2019, although this time as a setup man.
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To take their place and help during this busy stretch of games, the Mets activated from the disabled list or called up catcher Kevin Plawecki, utility man Phillip Evans, and the relief pitchers Hansel Robles and Gerson Bautista.
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While the history-making, jinx-breaking Chicago Cubs provided the baseball season's defining storyline, the on-field trend that will define 2016 was the dominance of the game's best relief pitchers and all the ways they can be deployed.
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Levine used a conference call with reporters who cover the Yankees to blast Betances' agent, calling Betances a "victim" and a pawn in a "half-baked attempt" to reset the market for relief pitchers who, like Betances, are not closers.
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Roberts was a very active manager in the regular season, leading the majors in pinch-hitter plate appearances by a wide margin and setting a record for relief pitchers used, so his actions in October haven't been wholly inconsistent with his typical day.
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The bullpen, on the other hand, has a 1.21 E.R.A.. Two off days and a snowed-out game have allowed Callaway to rely heavily on Familia and relief pitchers, a luxury he will not be afforded during the meat of the season.
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On a team that regularly employed the strategy of "bullpenning" — eschewing traditional roles for starting and relief pitchers to take advantage of matchups — Snell was the lone Rays' pitcher to remain as a starter from the beginning of the season to the end.
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Rather than having one starter last as long as he can, and finishing off the game if necessary with a series of short stints from relief pitchers, the Rays are now regularly opening games with a pitcher who will throw just one or two innings.
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As of Thursday, the Mets' disabled list included, among others, starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard (right index finger ligament strain), infielders Wilmer Flores (back) and Todd Frazier (hamstring), outfielders Yoenis Cespedes (hip flexor) and Juan Lagares (toe), relief pitchers Anthony Swarzak (oblique) and A.J. Ramos (shoulder).
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Injuries are unavoidable in a 162-game season, and the Mets have had several already: third baseman Todd Frazier (hamstring strain); relief pitchers Anthony Swarzak (oblique strain) and Hansel Robles (knee sprain); and catchers Travis d'Arnaud (Tommy John surgery) and Kevin Plawecki (fractured hand).
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The Yankees said that Betances — who has been one of the best relief pitchers in baseball and will become a free agent after this season — would receive a second opinion and be treated conservatively for now, but that surgery had not been ruled out.
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On a team that regularly employed the strategy of "bullpenning" — eschewing traditional roles for starting and relief pitchers to take advantage of matchups — Snell was the lone Rays' pitcher to remain as a starter from beginning to end, which he said made the award that much sweeter.
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The Mets also kept three other key 30-plus year-old players — second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera (one of the team's best players) and relief pitchers Jerry Blevins (1513 E.R.A.) and A. J. Ramos (6.41 E.R.A. and dealing with a significant shoulder injury) — for over $24 million.
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In order to rebuild a rigid and older roster, and replenish a farm system that was ranked among the worst in baseball, the Mets need to consider deeper changes than last season, when they only traded away pending free agents for minor league relief pitchers and payroll savings.
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Relief pitchers help Mets beat Royals NEW YORK — In real time, the New York Mets' 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals in a rematch of the 215 World Series on Tuesday night at Citi Field didn't feel like a "must-win" game for the defending National League champions.
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Citing unnamed sources on the team, including players, the reports said Collins had become increasingly at odds with the team's front office, had lost touch with his clubhouse and had unwisely relied on certain relief pitchers too often, perhaps even contributing to an injury suffered by the team's closer, Jeurys Familia.
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The latter was largely to blame as the Mets lost a 6-1 lead in the seventh inning, when relief pitchers Anthony Swarzak and Robert Gsellman unraveled, and right fielder Jose Bautista, in his return to Toronto after 10 years as a Blue Jay, committed a two-base fielding error.
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Gray's ineffectiveness forced Manager Aaron Boone to use four relief pitchers, which did much to explain the club's decision to option the utility infielder Ronald Torreyes to Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the game to make room for the return of first baseman Greg Bird, despite Torreyes's defensive versatility and team-leading .
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Once Miley was pulled after five and two-thirds scoreless innings, it was almost like a shift change at a factory for the Dodgers: four of the five pinch-hitters or substitutes Roberts proceeded to call on as the game played out were left-handed batters, to face the Brewers' right-handed relief pitchers.
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As major league players have gotten hurt, the lack of capable depth has shown, from the struggles of relief pitchers to Reyes staying on the roster this long, in part, because they have few capable backups, to Vargas, signed to improve the depth of the Mets' oft-injured rotation, being skipped in the rotation again.
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Like Stanton, Sanchez also had a base hit, accounting for two of the seven the Yankees mustered against the quintet of relief pitchers the Rays used on Sunday, one of what they call bullpen days — games in which they don't use a traditional starting pitcher and hope for the best from their relief corps.
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But all of those positives cannot fully erase the knowledge of why the game was still being played with the clock nearing midnight, why Pill was forced to settle for a no-decision, and why Terry Collins once again had to dip deep into his overworked bullpen, using five relief pitchers in a game that could have ended routinely.
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The proposals coming from Manfred's office range from the confusing (a batter being walked intentionally goes straight to first base instead of waiting for four pitches outside the strike zone) to the reasonable (a cap on the number of trips a manager or coach can make to the mound) to the laughable (limits on the use of relief pitchers).
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The Yankees had just overcome a rough start by Sabathia, who is three strikeouts short of 3,000 for his career, because of stout performances from relief pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga and Aroldis Chapman, tough at-bats in the later innings against the Angels' sputtering pitching staff and a go-ahead single by D. J. LeMahieu in the top of the ninth.
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So it is that when Castro, now in his second season with the Yankees, returns to Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon, two of his current teammates — relief pitchers Aroldis Chapman and Adam Warren, who each spent several months with the Cubs last season — will be belatedly presented with World Series rings, while Castro will probably be showered with the most applause.
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Chipper and Thome get the extra distinction of becoming first-ballot Hall-of-Famers, and Chipper gets another layer of distinction thanks to those stacked 90s Atlanta Braves teams: Martinez was subject to extensive (and stupid) debate because he was primarily a designated hitter, which for whatever reason gets treated as a weird anomaly by many voters, even though, you know, it is a position allowed under American League rules and as Tom Verducci pointed out, no one seems to care about specialization when it comes to relief pitchers.
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In rough order, they have acquired: Marcus Semien, Yunel Escobar, Ben Zobrist, Tyler Clippard, and minor-league pitchers Sean Manaea, Aaron Brooks, Casey Meisner, and Daniel Mengden; oft-injured veteran starting pitcher Rich Hill; first baseman Yonder Alonso; relief pitchers Marc Rzepczynski, John Axford, and Ryan Madson; and outfielder Khris Davis; Meanwhile, they've traded a bunch of veterans, some of whom were about to become expensive (if not overpriced): Jeff Samardzija, John Jaso, Escobar, Zobrist, Scott Kazmir, Clippard, and Drew Pomeranz (along with a few minor leaguers, of course).
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