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Originally Posted by WoodDraw
And it drives me nuts watching teams keep their best pitcher in the bullpen during the most important game situations only because it isn't the last inning of the game. Presumably so the "closer" can watch in comfort in the last inning when the games already lost and he serves no purpose.
But such is life in baseball.
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Well until we get our bullpen to grow some tough mental balls(get some confidence over time in small increments) or get better talent, WINS are the most important thing right now 'early on' from a whole team psyche perspective. And we can't afford to lose more than we win 'early on' if we are to make it to the playoffs because we don't have the 'strong psyche' built yet to endure that kind of adversity.
Therefore to your point I think Yost has to go unorthodox a bit in the latter innings with the bullpen until their is some good confidence built that will allow for more of a standard bullpen approach.