                             2021 Openers
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In 2021, 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 74 relief pitchers listed below did not receive a starter durability
rating despite recording a number of official 2021 MLB starts.

 UID    LastName       FirstName      Team   GS   GR
29075   Alvarez        Jose           SFN     1   66
28653   Bass           Anthony        MIA     1   69
29291   Bedrosian      Cam            PHI     1   10
32935   Bender         Anthony        MIA     1   59
32311   Bergen         Travis         TOR     1   9
32313   Bielak         Brandon        HOU     2   26
32711   Brogdon        Connor         PHI     1   55
33453   Bruihl         Justin         LAN     2   19
31539   Burr           Ryan           CHA     1   33
30169   Castro         Miguel         NYN     2   67
28327   Chacin         Jhoulys        COL     1   45
31525   Cleavinger     Garrett        LAN     1   21
30954   Coonrod        Sam            PHI     2   40
29431   Coulombe       Daniel         MIN     1   28
31197   Curtiss        John           MIA     3   33
31063   Diaz           Miguel         SDN     2   23
32331   Dugger         Robert         SEA     4   8
32793   Falter         Bailey         PHI     1   21
30977   Farrell        Luke           MIN     1   19
31683   Funkhouser     Kyle           DET     2   55
33251   Gilbreath      Lucas          COL     1   46
32699   Gonzalez       Victor         LAN     1   43
32698   Goudeau        Ashton         COL     1   10
32162   Graterol       Brusdar        LAN     1   33
30352   Greene         Conner         BAL     1   21
30354   Gsellman       Robert         NYN     1   16
30188   Guerra         Junior         ANA     1   40
29196   Hale           David          PHI     1   16
31953   Head           Louis          TBA     2   25
30370   Hess           David          MIA     1   13
28235   Holland        Derek          DET     1   38
31005   Howard         Sam            PIT     1   53
28176   Hunter         Tommy          NYN     1   3
29736   Jackson        Jay            SFN     1   22
29747   Johnson        Pierce         SDN     2   61
28478   Kintzler       Brandon        PHI     1   28
31026   Kittredge      Andrew         TBA     4   53
29279   Knebel         Corey          LAN     4   23
31549   Lakins         Travis         BAL     1   23
28071   LeBlanc        Wade           BAL     1   5
29229   Leone          Dominic        SFN     4   53
31343   Littell        Zack           SFN     2   61
28900   Loup           Aaron          NYN     2   63
28793   Luetge         Lucas          NYA     1   56
31145   Maton          Phil           CLE     1   37
29825   Mayers         Mike           ANA     2   70
28943   McHugh         Collin         TBA     7   30
32404   Menez          Conner         SFN     1   7
31433   Merryweather   Julian         TOR     1   12
31066   Middleton      Keynan         SEA     1   31
28739   Milone         Tommy          TOR     1   5
29187   Nelson         Jimmy          LAN     1   27
32812   Newsome        Ljay           SEA     1   6
33447   Nunez          Darien         LAN     1   5
33262   Oviedo         Luis           PIT     1   21
31911   Payamps        Joel           KCA     1   14
30671   Peralta        Wandy          NYA     1   45
28806   Phelps         David          TOR     1   11
30514   Plutko         Adam           BAL     1   37
30524   Reed           Jake           LAN     1   5
29142   Roark          Tanner         TOR     1   2
28166   Robertson      David          TBA     1   11
32991   Sanchez        Cristopher     PHI     1   6
26587   Santana        Ervin          KCA     2   36
28669   Santiago       Hector         SEA     1   12
31524   Smith          Drew           NYN     1   30
28300   Stammen        Craig          SDN     4   63
30575   Strahm         Matt           SDN     1   5
30581   Suter          Brent          MIL     1   60
31423   Swanson        Erik           SEA     2   31
32870   Uceta          Edwin          LAN     1   13
30120   Voth           Austin         WAS     1   48
30152   Wittgren       Nick           CLE     1   59
30167   Zimmer         Kyle           KCA     2   50
