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Examples
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We expect him to do the same this year and be an innings-eater for us and has been a great mentor for our young staff.
Nats GM Mike Rizzo discusses roster, offseason plans Cindy Boren 2010
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They need one good SP and a league-average innings-eater, and they have the money to get that.
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Since leaving the White Sox in 2001, Baldwin has played for six teams and he says the innings-eater job isn't easy.
USATODAY.com - Appetites never diminish for 'innings-eating' pitchers 2006
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Lloyd McClendon, a Detroit Tigers coach and former Pittsburgh Pirates manager, says being an innings-eater usually means sacrificing a loss so a team has a chance to win games down the road.
USATODAY.com - Appetites never diminish for 'innings-eating' pitchers 2006
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Other examples include the Toronto Blue Jays 'James Baldwin or the New York Yankees' Tanyon Sturtze, who had one of the ultimate innings-eater seasons with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2002 when he was 4-18 with a 5.18 ERA and 271 hits allowed in 224 innings.
USATODAY.com - Appetites never diminish for 'innings-eating' pitchers 2006
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Jeff Suppan, RHP: He has made a nice career out of being a dependable, bottom-of-the-rotation innings-eater.
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Another innings-eater can be a middle reliever who can pick up for a starter who gets lifted early or finish off a blowout.
USATODAY.com - Appetites never diminish for 'innings-eating' pitchers 2006
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Right-hander Luke Prokopec, who was billed as an innings-eater when he was obtained last offseason from Los Angeles, also needed shoulder surgery and isn't expected to be ready until August.
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Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said this week he is in no hurry to deal innings-eater Joe
SI.com 2011
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A reunion with the Indians is a possibility, but they have little reason to guarantee him anything as he would basically be filling the same role he did in Baltimore last year -- veteran innings-eater on a bad team.
SI.com 2011
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