Is the Starting Pitcher Going Extinct?

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The starting pitcher has long been baseball’s marquee attraction, the guy who fans come out to see…but the job description has begun to change in recent years. Complete games are almost nonexistent, and the average outing for a starter has shrunk to barely scratching five innings. The numbers say pitching fewer innings is smart strategically…but is it good for the game and for fans? Jeff Passan explains to us how the position that was once the workhorse, has been reduced to a show pony…and what, if anything, can be done to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jeff Passon, I should know the answer to this,
0:02.0	but how old are you now?
0:04.0	I am 41 years old, Pablo.
0:06.4	So, hey, for all of our listeners,
0:08.6	like get on Jeff Passon's skincare regimen
0:11.8	because it is, it's a macular, Jeff.
0:13.9	I would not have guessed 41.
0:15.6	Yeah, SPF 200.
0:17.4	Shoud out to the dermatology industrial complex,
0:21.6	but speaking of being overly cautious, Jeff.
0:24.9	We are here to talk about the extinction
0:27.7	of one of the greatest characters,
0:29.1	one of the most important jobs in all of sports.
0:31.3	A figure that I have such an nostalgia for from my childhood,
0:34.8	the starting picture.
0:36.6	And you begin your reporting on the extinction of the starter.
0:42.6	Not by talking to one of the figures from our childhood,
0:44.4	not one of the guys we have such an nostalgia for,
0:46.4	like Granny Johnson, or Mike Macino,
0:47.9	or Greg Maddox, or Patriot Martinez, or whatever,
0:50.0	you go to somebody a lot, lot younger.
0:54.8	I go Pablo to Alec Manoa.
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