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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Good to get the series win but in both wins the jays had 8-1 and 7-1 leads in the 6th inning and ended up having to use osuna to get 7 combined outs because the middle of the pen cuts it too close. Those guys have to be better.
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Not concerned about the bullpen yet. Far too early.
Also in addition to what Jiggy said:
(1) Given it's the very beginning of the season, the starters are not being stretched beyond 5-6 innings, even when pitching well. Therefore there's more bullpen innings in games when leading required for pitchers to take it to Tepera and then Osuna.
(2) When up by 6-7 runs you don't bring in your set up guys. Hence when the situation called for it Tepera and Osuna came in.
(3) There's a feeling out period with the manager, where he has to figure out what he has in the bullpen this year and how to best use them. Naturally that means guys slot in maybe where they don't fit in best for their current performance (Relievers are finicky, recall Steve Delabar). It's very promising for the Jays this year to have the 8th and 9th inning most likely already figured out. Some other teams don't even know who their closer is, let alone who the set up guys are.