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Originally Posted by The Game
I kind of get opener but i have never heard the term follower for baseball.
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The opener is a reliever who starts the game pitches (usually) an inning or two
The follower is (usually) a starter who comes in after the reliever and pitches 4 or 5 or 6 or so innings
Like this game
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...01904010.shtml
Stanek is the opener
Yarbrough the follower