Aroldis Chapman the whole pause of MLB becoming a kind of Schwarzenegger machine and it could all be part of a secret plan the yankees to make the Cuban his favorite weapon of the 2020 season of Big leagues.
The logic is very simple: short season equals fewer games, fewer games equals fewer tickets, fewer tickets equals less wear, less wear equals more Chapman.
The 2020 season of Big leagues it will offer some strange opportunities for managerial creativity. And one of the most anticipated strategies will be the more aggressive use of closing pitchers.
Normally used to throwing one or two innings per game, to avoid wear and tear, with fewer games it is anticipated that we will see more action from the closers.
And one of the most anticipated is Chapman, for many the best closer that there is today in of MLB.
Last year Chapman had a 2.21 ERA in 57 pitched innings distributed among 60 games in which he saw action. That is, Chapman saw action in 37% of games.
Considering this, fans and analysts forecast that this year we will have the Yankees and Boone doing one of two things with Chapman: either pitching more innings per game with the same days off, or resting less but keeping their average innings close to just a.
What would you do? To either of us it seems like a gem.
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