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Hughes, Feliz finding value in set-up

By James Quintong
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Over the past couple of years, contending teams have not been afraid to call up their highly touted starting pitching prospects to work in the heat of a pennant race. However, instead of those youngsters taking the ball every fifth day right away, they're being called on to get key outs in middle relief or set-up roles before shifting them back to a starting role the next season. The Yankees most notably did this in 2007 by turning Joba Chamberlain into a reliever in midseason in the minors a ...

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