Does platooning make much sense in today's baseball? Most of the time the starting pitcher only pitches 4-6 innings. Unless you are right at the top of the order (and Cron is not), you only see the starter twice, then you see whatever relievers take over. Granted that there are a lot more right-handed relievers than lefties, but it seems like the era of the straightforward platoon vanished with the complete game.