Somehow a two time Cy Young winner "taxes your bullpen."
I'd think it taxes your fielders a bit more, since they are chasing down outs rather than watching K's.
For what it's worth, though, here are the average number of innings per start for last year's Cy Young vote-getting starters. Snell is near the bottom, but the difference does not seem that significantly below average. One extra out per start would put him right in the middle. It's obviously some extra work, but would an extra 10-11 innings from your relievers over the course of the entire season really tax your bullpen? I think I'd agree with Slateman.
Logan Webb 6.55
Framber Valdez 6.38
Gerrit Cole 6.33
Zac Gallen 6.18
George Kirby 6.15
Chris Bassitt 6.06
Pablo López 6.06
Corbin Burnes 6.05
Zack Wheeler 6.00
Luis Castillo 5.97
Kevin Gausman 5.97
Spencer Strider 5.83
Justin Steele 5.77
Sonny Gray 5.75
Kodai Senga 5.74
Zach Eflin 5.73
Blake Snell 5.63
Kyle Bradish 5.62
That was last year. He’s only done 180 innings twice in his career. The other years were below 130 innings.
