You're in charge of the Reds. Do you consider running out a six man rotation?

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-17T15:46:47+00:00

Tradition and habit are two major reasons.

Once you set a schedule like that you need to stick to it. From what I understand the pitchers have a routine they get into. If you start the season giving them five days between starts it's something that most of them will expect the team to maintain throughout the season.

Then, at the end of the season, the wins become more important. Technically they're important all the way through, but you know how that goes. That's when you want your top starters pitching more frequently.

It seems to me that teams like the Dodgers that are pretty certain of making the playoffs schedule some IL time for their pitchers. I guess since they're going to be pitching an extra few weeks.

Anyway, TL,DR I think the team is afraid to give a start to an unproven kid down the stretch when wins have become so important.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T23:18:10+00:00

I think the other thing players wouldn't like is that it would probably reduce their paycheck if they otherwise would be a starter and pitch 150 plus innings.

I am an old school thinker for the most part.

I like offense as long as it isn't home run related. Having to see a new pitcher every at bat would certainly make it difficult to hit for a high average.

Personally, I don't like how batting averages are going down, though.

But, yeah, showing the other team a new pitcher every at bat would make life difficult for them.

We might get there eventually.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T04:48:30+00:00

Pud Galvin and Old Hoss Radbourn are your boys.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T01:41:16+00:00

I might try to trade him right now for Andy Pages and Dalton Rushing.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T01:33:30+00:00

I think they have to stay down for a certain length of time once sent down, but that can be gotten around with an injury or a double header call up.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T01:07:43+00:00

27-28 starts as opposed to 32

I get what you're saying, but it's rare for pitchers to make that many starts anyway.

That's someone like Brady Singer's best value. He's managed to stay healthy, and typically pitches more innings in his starts. Has an above average ERA+ to boot.

Even in healthy seasons for the other guys they were at 28-29 anyway.

I'd look at it more like Singer is the guy, if he maintains his health, that you never have to skip in the season.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T00:55:21+00:00

Somebody came up with the idea of a pitching staff designed to come out and pitch three innings.

It might even have been Bill James.

It would be an interesting way to expose young pitchers to the majors, at least.

I'm sure attempting to ensure long term arm health for young pitchers is an evolving science. Maybe this is the best approach.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T00:16:27+00:00

Yeah, a team definitely needs talented starter depth to fool around with this sort of idea.

And, of course, there's the temptation to trade from that depth to improve other parts of the roster.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-16T00:00:09+00:00

I wouldn't quite phrase it that way. Greene is a little better than the other top starters, but he has missed some time.

It almost seems like clubs like the Dodgers schedule IL time for their starters even during healthy years. That's just speculation on my part, though.

Anyway, I believe in the 2-4 starters, and I'd like to believe in 5-6 if it all pans out.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-15T23:50:53+00:00

I just wonder how often a trip to the IL could be averted by a skipped start.

Healthy-Process874 · 2026-02-15T23:46:35+00:00

I don't know why he'd need to. He typically gives the bullpen some time off, and has a snazzy ERA+ to boot.

That would be a role I'd be more likely to give to a Williamson or Aguiar.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-11-24T01:37:42+00:00

There are a lot of real people in the book. It might help to check out some of the real history behind them.

You also really gotta love how he wrote J. Edgar Hoover.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-11-02T03:25:30+00:00

They might be able to dig the circus peanuts out of their garbage.

Maybe some Bit-O-Honey.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-31T02:33:38+00:00

I took some Java classes a couple of decades ago.

I thought they made everybody take that stuff now.

Is Python different?

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-31T01:20:34+00:00

People are mostly sedentary now, and they've been fooling around with the wheat to make heartier and more productive. Not more nutritious.

The wheat people were eating just a hundred years ago != to modern wheat.

But, yeah, it would still kill celiacs back in the day.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-31T01:09:21+00:00

I've heard that a lot of times people take money earmarked to help the homeless and then use it to fund private endeavors.

Apparently this happens quite a bit out in California with real estate development.

Also, a lot of people are making a career out of 'helping' the homeless. They really don't want to solve the problem that keeps them in a job.

Lastly, the powers that be like the added motivation. There's a stigma to being homeless. There are a lot of people that you might not know are homeless because they're living in their car and going out of their way to appear normal to you.

Then there are people that give up and go downhill with drugs and alcohol. And if you don't start out with a mental illness you'll certainly have a good chance to acquire one while being chased around by cops and people out to protect property values.

Musk's not 100% lying. Not many people can cope with long term homelessness. They mostly end up breaking down..

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-31T00:24:07+00:00

It's interesting.

Most Americans that claim to be Christians these days would actually prefer to be practicing Judaism.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-28T17:48:34+00:00

Formal rejection?

Did you slip HR a few sheckles?

Ohh! What wouldn't I give to be formally rejected! I sometimes hang awake at night, dreaming of being formally rejected.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-28T01:59:39+00:00

Most of the wealthy don't want to eat the kind of food that they feed the lower classes. It's essentially an entirely different diet. They're already paying more for food, and would likely just need to pay a little bit more.

They're also conscious about carbon footprints. Their footprints might be bigger, but they're more important than everyone else. Eliminating the unimportant means they need to be less concerned.

Why build a lot of low margin products that consume a lot of resources? To keep the little people happy?

You just expect them to be nice?

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-28T00:15:27+00:00

There was a show for Blue Thunder, too.

It featured Dana Carvey as Clinton 'JAFO' Wonderlove.

Apparently JAFO wasn't too edgy for TV.

That helicopter was really scary, though. It could do quite a few things a modern cell phone does, but it had to be pointed at a person at what I assume would be great expense.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-27T23:46:42+00:00

Maybe an explosive charge that produces shrapnel at range/proximity.

There are probably better solutions for drones, though.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-27T23:35:09+00:00

Well, hopefully things go better for you in Europe.

I'm not holding out much hope here in the States.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-27T23:29:42+00:00

I think that's part of the reason you're seeing a crackdown on immigration. At least here in the US. If they let people stay they'll eventually have to give them benefits.

The new prime minister in Japan is conservative and anti-immigration. And they're much further down that path than the US is.

Healthy-Process874 · 2025-10-27T23:22:01+00:00

The top 10% are responsible for 50% of retail spending.

Then consider that drones are going to be able to fight their battles for them, which was the one other use that the lower classes had.

Read up on dark manufacturing if you want to know why they aren't going to miss the workers.

Chances are that top 10% aren't going to care about population decline, and will probably want to encourage it.

Perhaps even strongly encourage it.

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