Anthony Castrovince discusses the costs and benefits of four, five, and six man rotations and combinations thereof. When the Cubs rotation seemed to tire in the middle of 2016, the team went to a modified six-man rotation to help the veterans rest down the stretch.
I did learn something about trying to implement a four-man rotation:
“When I first went to Arizona [in 1998], we were going to try to go to a four-man rotation,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “The problem we ran into is it would have to be completely self-contained. A free agent wouldn’t sign with you if you were using that format. So that kind of threw it out the window.”
This is a seldom realized benefit of free agency. Players can force changes in team operations by wanting or not wanting to sign with a team.
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