1. adjective. If you are restless, you are bored, impatient, or dissatisfied, and you want to do something else. By 1982, she was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent. ...a major new initiative to placate the country's restless intellectuals.
One of the most critical roles relievers play is to protect starting pitchers who are closely monitored, held to strict pitch counts and given plenty of rest between games. Reason: their ballooning paychecks, which averaged $4.4 million last year, compared with $3.2 million for the average big-leaguer.
As a former minor league baseball player, I have experience here. The standard pay for minor league players just starting out is $1200/month. This would normally calculate to $24k/year. Unless a player has signed a free agent contract with a team after playing a few years, players only get paid during the season.