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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Well looks like brilliant use of the bullpen is going to cost the Jays todays game.
Dummy Gaston chews through all his pitchers and has no one left for when Gregg can't get anyone out. This after Gregg just threw last night and was less than effective.
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Yup, that was awful. Wasting their 2nd best reliever for 1 out when the closer pitched the night before is terrible managing. Wasting their 4th best one in the eighth for one out is equally stupid.
I hate this mentality that managers have about throwing the closer out there and just letting pitch until the game is over either way. Managing can be difficult (ie; knowing when to pull the starter out before he goes too long and implodes), but it is very easy to manage a closer. If he goes out there and allows 2 hits and 2 walks in his first 4 batters he's not going to get out of the jam. It's logical and I've seen in backed up statistically too (for starters and relievers both - if they struggle early, the odds of them putting it together are very slim). But I guess when you burn through your entire bullpen to get 4 outs in the 7th and 8th, you had to live with a tired closer.