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The Backend Reliever is Being Phased out of Baseball

Robbie Stratakos
Jun 21, 2019
Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions
Baseball has become a bullpen-centric game, but the transition is eliminating a historic element of the sport: the backend reliever. This season we have seen teams' approach to constructing their roster dras...

BBE 2018 Position Rankings: MLB’s Top 15 Relief Pitchers

Tom Dorsa
Mar 6, 2018
Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions
  Over the offseason, the team of contributors at Baseball Essential voted upon every position on the diamond, compiling our comprehensive Top 15 countdowns for the 2018 season. Major League Baseball...

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