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Originally Posted by cosmo20002
If a relief pitcher can't do one inning 2 or 3 times a week, what is the point of even having them on the roster?
Guys don't get injure their arms by pitching 2-3 innings a week...unless there is some other underlying matter. Their daily throwing routines are more strenuous than pitching 1 inning.
I'm pretty ambivalent about Matheny in general, but I don't see how you can call this "overuse." You can't have a bullpen full of guys who can only pitch 1 inning a week.
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Fans generally are too hard on how managers handle the bullpen, but Matheny has a history of doing this so people are going to keep an eye out on it. Particularly when two of our best relievers are in the top 8 in games pitched, one just went on the DL with a shoulder issue and the other led the league in appearances last year and threw 70 IP the year before that. And with Brentz out they might lean on Barlow more. It's a legit concern.