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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
Can someone explain to us less hardcore baseball fans why Buehrle isn't on the roster in the playoffs? And are there any other players from the regular season that are no longer on the roster?
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25 man roster only allowed for each series and usually four starters are enough for a team to get through a series. Buehrle has not pitched well to finish the season. He's hardly been a reliever throughout his career and doesn't have the strongest splits against lefties, which if he was a reliever he would be expected to face lefties.
He'd have to be a starter or a long man (pitcher who pitches when the starter struggles early in a game). I assume they like Hendriks more as the long man at the moment.