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Additionally, the analytics of pitching performance have evolved. Statistically, as starters face batters multiple times, their performance tends to wane – thus, it makes more sense to utilize a capable bullpen instead of allowing a starter to labor through the late innings of a game. Such strategic changes mean that modern pitchers, including Hernandez, find themselves burdened by diminishing value in traditional statistical measures such as Wins Above Replacement (WAR).