Following a historic start to the season, the White Sox starting rotation has crashed back to Earth over the past few weeks. Regression was inevitable. Injuries and inexperience have been a central theme among the White Sox pitching staff this year, and the team’s current starting pitchers face much more pressure than they could have anticipated.
As a result, manager Will Venable and the rest of the coaching staff are in a difficult position. They must maximize the abilities of the starting rotation and avoid taxing the bullpen as they have often done in recent weeks. It appears they may have found a solution. In the last three games, the White Sox have used a reliever to open the game instead of a conventional starting pitcher.
History Of The Opener
The White Sox are not the first team to utilize the opener strategy. The Tampa Bay Rays and San Francisco
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