In the 15 games that Chad Green opened during the 2019 season, the New York Yankees went 11-4. Nevertheless, Green lacks faith in the popular game-management tactic.
“I don’t know how long the opener is going to last because I think starting pitching obviously is the way to win ball games deep in the postseason,” Green told Alfred Miller of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
“That’s when the games are most important. When the starter goes six or seven innings, that’s when teams win ball games.”
Based on that statement, it’s safe to assume Green prefers the higher-leverage situations he encounters when he’s not opening.