In today’s relief-dominant game, the starter who can go six innings consistently and help preserve the bullpen has increased value.
Here’s the thing about being a visionary: It can take a while for the rest of the world to catch up.
Do you suppose it’s time to re-emphasize the quality start? Pitching victories have been devalued anyway, and the team with the best bullpen has the best shot at ending up on top. The Angels and Dodgers have both taken that approach, and the starting pitcher who can relieve his bullpen of some of the burden once every five or six days would seem increasingly valuable in an era of “openers” and “bulk pitchers.
“I was hearing managers saying they were looking for six innings from their pitchers. I heard Whitey Herzog say ‘all I want from my pitchers is six good innings,’” Lowe said, describing the math thusly: “Six and two is too stingy, six and four is too much. … I’m not saying 4.50 for a whole year was quality, but would a manager take a pitcher at three in six?”
Last season, the percentage of complete games was roughly 1% , and quality starts were 32.4% . The major league leader in 2021 was Walker Buehler, with 27 in 33 starts. He had no complete games in 2021 – his career high is two, in 2019 – but he was among the best at chewing up innings and getting the ball to the bullpen .
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