http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/11/29/the-yankees-shohei-ohtani-and-a-six-man-rotation/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:34:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/11/29/the-yankees-shohei-ohtani-and-a-six-man-rotation/#comment-13127 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:22:49 +0000 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=9570#comment-13127 It’s not just the extra day of “rest”. Its well known at that level that a pitcher needs to throw a lot and develop the ability to throw consistently even when fatigue of the long season hits.
That you have to throw when tired to build up your arm to be stronger.
And that for some pitchers too much rest messes up their pitches as it’s easier to overthrow.
To us non-pros more rest seems like a natural advantage but the pros understand that’s not necessarily the case.

]]> http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/11/29/the-yankees-shohei-ohtani-and-a-six-man-rotation/#comment-13113 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:31:23 +0000 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=9570#comment-13113 Great stuff, Derek. I’d like to add: off days and a six man rotation can lead to interesting roster construction. If the Yankees have a 5-game week, they could send down Jordan Montgomery for a few days, and call up an extra player. You could also manipulate the 10-day DL more easily, as a DLed starter only has to miss one start.

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