Really, the two main arguments are that five man rotations are going to reduce starts and therefore wins, and that starters get fewer decisions because they'll be yanked earlier.
But Glavine himself pitched in a 5 man rotation for his whole career, and was never a really huge workhorse (only topped 240 IP 3 times, which guys like Randy Johnson exceeded regularly only a few years ago. Hell, Bronson Arroyo had 240 IP last year.). And in spite of that, Glavine still won 300 games.
The increased use of bullpens hasn't really had an effect on the number of decisions by starters- according to the NY Daily News last week, starters get roughly the same percentage of decisions as they did 25 years ago.
Plus bullpen use may actually preserve leads- these days you usually don't see a starter go an inning too long and unravel like you might have in years past.
2007-08-06
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