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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
The one critique I do have is that they give undue credit to starters, but the data does show crappy starters can be effective in the pen while the converse is far more rare. I'd have no doubt Guthrie could be a 30+ save guy but I'm doubtful Davis can put up Guthrie numbers in the rotation. I do think Hoch can though. Oakland would never shell out $10m for those two to sit in the pen tossing 140 total innings. Why do we?
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I used to think Hochevar could be an effective starter, too. But we have years of evidence that shows he can not.