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Originally Posted by krownroyal83
Is there a benefit to using the opener/follower instead of the traditional, starter/RP/CL?
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It's designed to take advantage of platoon splits and getting the other team to potentially play guys out of their comfort zone.
For example if a team has a couple of great lefties who rake at the plate but don't hit left handed pitching well the other team might sit them or bat them lower in the order verse a lefty. So you "open" with a lefty and mess up his batting order. After an inning or two you bring in your "follower" and now you have the favorable matchups until the 6th or 7th inning.
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