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membengal · 03-16-2010, 11:03 AM

Off the top of my head, recent successful young pitchers who have not served time in long relief:

Lincecum, Cain, F. Hernandez, Cole Hamels, Verlander, Porcello, Billingsley, Kershaw, Jurrjens. And probably others, if I spent some time musing over it.

I think the Twins broke J. Santana in via long relief, and that obviously turned out much better than Liriano did.

I just don't know that there is a "best" way.

03-16-2010, 11:03 AM	#24
membengal Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Baltimore Posts: 8,383	Re: should Chapman, Leake, Wood pitch out of the pen in 2010? Off the top of my head, recent successful young pitchers who have not served time in long relief: Lincecum, Cain, F. Hernandez, Cole Hamels, Verlander, Porcello, Billingsley, Kershaw, Jurrjens. And probably others, if I spent some time musing over it. I think the Twins broke J. Santana in via long relief, and that obviously turned out much better than Liriano did. I just don't know that there is a "best" way.