People are talking about the Sox using an opener next year on a regular basis. The lack of an obvious choice for fifth starter in the post-David Price world would seem like more evidence pointing in that direction. To me the question is not whether an opener every fifth day can work as a strategy. Tampa has proven that it can. The question is if it can work for the 2020 Boston Red Sox, and... I don't know, but it seems like the type of thing we could talk about! My thought is that you still need at least one person those days to go, like, three or four innings, and you need a couple of guys you're comfortable throwing a bunch of days in a row and/or a bunch of Quad-A types who can ride the shuttle. I think we're going to see a lot of Ryan Weber and Josh Taylor, but that's probably going to be true no matter what.
So what do people here think? Is this a good idea for this team?
So what do people here think? Is this a good idea for this team?