Seeing a position player pitching in a blowout game used to be a rarity, something fun and interesting to create interest in a game whose outcome was not in doubt.
This year, though, we’re seeing that happen more often. On some occasions this year this has resulted some teams using position players to pitch the last inning or two if they’re ahead by a huge margin, figuring even if the position player gives up a few runs they’ll still win, and save their bullpen. Per this list at baseball-reference.com, there are 87 active position players who have pitched at least once in their careers (obviously, this doesn’t include Shohei Ohtani).