I know we have discussed this before, and I respect everyone's opinion on it. But...
I'm currently observing the Diamond series in the league I played in. The two conference champions have records of 113-49 and 104-58. Both have primary line-ups of entirely LH and S hitters, entirely LH starters and an entirely RH bullpen. I would surmise (only) that a significant number of those relievers are used as openers, a tactic of course unlikely to be effective if they are both using it
. Both teams include many of the usual suspects (including both of 'those' pitchers) mixed with a few choices particularly suited to that strategy, but overall player quality is no better than half the teams in the league.
My question is simply this. When does this game cease to actually have anything to do with baseball? I'll leave it at that.