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.
The only of the four major sports with no form of a salary cap, the top MLB salaries have skyrocketed over recent years -- particularly among the league's top pitchers. Each of the four highest paid MLB players are starting pitchers, and seven of the highest 10. Among the top 25, nobody is making less than a cool $21 million. While they have the best stable of pitchers in baseball, none of the New York Mets' arms rank anywhere near the top 25.