Analytics have led to a lot of changes in baseball. The launch-angle revolution has created a league-wide trend of swinging for the fences and the fawning over a batter's exit velocity has reinvigorated some players' careers, like David Bote. However, one particular idea that analytics created has been met with a lot of resistance from players: "the opener." The latest starting pitcher to condemn the idea is Houston Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole. Cole reasoned that fans come to the ballpark...
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