A switch to the ‘pen can often punch a prospect’s ticket to Major League success. Edwin Diaz was a converted starter who found himself closing games for the Mariners the very year the club decided to make him a reliever. The Astros’ multi-inning bullpen weapon Chris Devenski is another success story of a converted starter doing damage in a converted role. Devenski diminished his pitch arsenal in his first season in the bigs, throwing his fastball and changeup over 75% of the time. That pitch combination proved lethal enough to produce a 2.
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