SI.com · Mar 25, 2019
The LOOGY's Last Ride: MLB's Three-Batter Minimum Rule Change Will Imperil the Lefty Specialist
Lefty specialists were already a rare breed of relief pitcher. With a three-batter minimum due to arrive in 2020, the existence of the "LOOGY" is directly threatened.
PHOENIX — Here’s how much A’s reliever Ryan Buchter hates MLB’s proposed three-batter minimum for pitchers, which is set to take effect for the 2020 season. His plan, he says on a late February morning in Oakland’s spring training camp, is to send a photo of his two-year-old daughter, Ella, to the commissioner’s office with a simple message: “You’re taking food out of her mouth.”