For this off-day in the Nats’ schedule, I’m going to dust off an idea I first wrote about eleven-years ago as a potential solution for the Giants related to the declining effectiveness (at the time) of Tim Lincecum, albeit with some updates since then. I have long thought that there are potentially better ways to build bullpens than the Tony LaRussa-inspired modern version, with six or seven arms that are (except in rare cases) only capable of pitching one inning, with one or two guys at the end of the line who can go multiple frames in case of extra inning games or a starter who has to be pulled really early. Almost every team follows this model to the letter and has for at least thirty years. The only difference is with the 26-man expanded rosters that NL teams carry eight relievers now.
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