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Podcast: Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
Episode: A Closer Look at the Ways to Preserve Starting Pitchers
Description: Eno, DVR and Britt discuss baseball's aim to preserve starting pitchers. How much of a problem is the current use of starting pitchers compared to the past? With injury rates on the rise, what rule changes and tweaks make sense? Will small changes to move the game slightly in the direction of previous era's pitcher usage cause other problems? Plus, they discuss Britt's recent story about a partnership between Perfect Game and Fanatics, and former big leaguer Travis Snider's efforts to improve youth sports. Rundown1:13 The Starting Pitcher 'Problem'6:55 Big Changes in t...