                            "2020 Openers"
                            --------------
							
In 2020, the trend continued which began in 2018 when Tampa Bay 
surprised the baseball world by using several relief pitchers as
"Openers".  Other teams have since followed their lead.

Starting with DMB version 12, we are treating starts by openers
as relief appearances for fatigue purposes.  Relievers who start games 
will be able to throw the same number of pitches as a starter as if 
they were brought in as a reliever in that game.  

The number of pitches is based on their Relief Durability rating and how
much they have been used in recent days.  As a result, a long reliever with
an Excellent relief rating would be able to throw 55+ pitches before tiring,
while another pitcher with a Fair rating would be much more limited.

The 34 relief pitchers listed below did not receive a starter durability
rating despite recording a number of official 2020 MLB starts.

UID     LastName	FirstName	Team	GS	GR
29461	Andriese	Matt		LAA	1	15				
32304	Baez		Michel		SDN	1	 2	
29035	Brasier		Ryan		BOS	1	24	
30260	Brice		Austin		BOS	1	20				
27124	Clippard	Tyler		MIN	2	24
31197	Curtiss		John		TBA	3	14
32614	Fairbanks	Pete		TBA	2	25
31435	Ferguson	Caleb		LAN	1	20
32229	Foster		Matt		CHA	2	21
29108	Garcia		Luis		TEX	2	 9	
32699	Gonzalez	Victor		LAN	1	14
30204	Goody		Nick		TEX	1	16	
32162	Graterol	Brusdar		LAN	2	21
29196	Hale		David		Multi	2	 9
31674	Hatch		Thomas		TOR	1	16
31550	Herget		Jimmy		TEX	1	19
28880	Kelly		Joe		LAN	1	11
27852	Kennedy		Ian		KCA	1	14	
31026	Kittredge	Andrew		TBA	1	 7
32005	Leyer		Robinson	BOS	1	 5	
32069	Loaisiga	Jonathan	NYA	3	 9	
30176	Osich		Josh		BOS	1	12
31433	Merryweather	Julian		Tor	3	 5
28846	Parker		Blake		PHI	1	13
30502	Perdomo		Luis		SDN	1	 9
31618	Quantrill	Cal		Multi	3	15
28836	Quintana	Jose		CHN	1	 3
29960	Reyes		Alex		SLN	1	14
30042	Smith		Josh A.		MIA	1	15
32012	Thompson	Ryan		TBA	1	24
31070	Yacabonis	Jimmy		SEA	1	 2
30167	Zimmer		Kyle		KCA	1	15

