Why aren't setup men paid better?

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rwp,

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Person? Affeldt? Chacon? Those guys couldn't get people out as starters, so why should they be effective closers? I'm fairly certian they'd be terrible as setup men as well.

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Just B/C a guy isn't effective as a starter doesn't mean he can't be effective as a reliever. Take a guy like Danys Baez, high draft pick-bonus baby guy...that was a starter all through the minor leagues and struggled as a starter. His classic lines were to throw 2-3 scoreless, unhittable ball and then fall to pieces in the 4th and 5th innings. Some guys are just closers/relievers, but when you are drafted early and an organization has invested the majority of that year's draft money on you, you are going to be a starter regardless of what kind of "stuff" you have, or what type of pitcher you are. Plus, Baez gets hundreds of innings pitched as a starter each year in the minors, this is just experience that he wouldn't get as a closer with only 30-50 innings pitched.