Posted by Max Marchi
Keep track of the available arms with to the bullpen usage chart.
At the end of the post you will find the link to the PDF containing all the match-ups of Sept. 5. The charts show the number of pitches thrown by each team's pitchers each of the last seven days.
How to read them:
Above the thick line in each chart you see the starters, sorted by their WAR; below the thick line are the relievers, again best to worst according to WAR. Darkest colored cells indicate highest workloads. The probable starting pitchers are listed at the bottom of each chart.
You can read about the bullpen usage chart in this introductory article; some tweaks are still needed.
After creating a baseball rendition of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper cover, Max began his baseball writing because he needed an excuse to show the picture. He wrote for an Italian audience for six years before making the jump to The Hardball Times. You can contact him by e-mail.
