Andrew Vaughn and Nick Madrigal aren't exactly horrible first round draft picks. But...yes the starting pitching in the org is awfully thin. So many injuries to arms.
Not at all like Andrew Vaughn last year. AV was a first baseman learning the outfield. Pollock is a leftfielder needing to learn rightfield. It's literally the closest position to his natural one...one corner outfield spot to another. Not saying there won't be an adjustment, but it's not even close to being the same adjustment Vaughn had to make.
These are my sentiments as well. They probably wanted to wait for Joe West to retire before they implemented this. Can you imagine Country Joe announcing calls?
I've been saying they should do this for years! Selfishly. I'm in the eastern time zone. Games starting at 8 pm and lasting until past 11 suck. Can only get 3-4 innings in before I gotta go to bed. But on a larger scale, this only makes sense. Games are going longer. And it won't stop anytime soon.