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A lot of people get off work at 3? I'm in the wrong profession.

I will be leaving shortly for the game.

Did the entire first paragraph already happen? I don't think the season is over yet, to have predictions come true.

I guess I'm not so absolutely positively sure in my opinion and that I can't possible be wrong so I'm giving him more than a 7 game stretch to see how it goes.

That was the mistake today. Not that he brought him in but that he should have pulled him earlier.

I disagree. They have had more high leverage situation I'm more than 3 or 4 games. I agree he hasn't used them to the best of their abilities yet. However I don't think its as cut and dry that those two pitchers need to be out there in all hogg leverage situations. At some point others will need to be as well.

But in your scenario they each would have been in 5-6 out of the 7 games already.

But how many days in a row can they do that? How quickly do you want to burn them out? Eventually shouldn't they figure out who else can handle it?

I agree. This is the story line for the year. Regardless of any other factor, if the Sox had fewer unearned runs they would probably be 5-2

Usually. However, there are times when managers may do it to help the player. Players appreciate it. That goodwill can help later on. But in general I would agree.

I don't think so. It was a trend prior to last year. I don't think its changing anytime soon.

I totally agree with you. However, it's just not reality in the game today. Once enough starters get injured and bullpen guys blow too many games maybe something will change

I think it comes down to the philosophy of what to do with the best pitcher and how many good ones are on the team. Clearly today if they know Hendriks has to pitch he should have gone earlier. However how often should they throw the best pitcher? The advantage of the "9th" guy is a set number of times he will pitch and he doesn't get burned out. I don't think it is as cut and dry that the best guy needs to he ready everyday in tight situations.

Not going to happen. The average starts across the league the last 2 years has creeper down to close to 5. The analytics say the strikeout is the best way so nearly every pitcher is sacrificing control to get more velocity.

It's 7 games in. Plenty of time to see if the bullpen guys aren't going to produce as predicted.

I'm sure part of the reason was this lineup had plenty of power factoring Eloy and TA. Teams need on base guys too.

The unearned runs are the story of the season so far.

Or does he think he can trust him and us seeing if there is anyone else he can trust in case said closer is unavailable later in the year?

It will be interesting to see if they limit innings due to the decreased innings last year.

Let's hope he learned from it.

No worries. And again it's my opinion based on working with similar injuries and situations. I have no "inside" information on the individual situation.

The question is, what did he learn from it. And how does he not do it again.

The risk is overusing muscles that haven't been conditioned in over 2 years. It tear up his arm. No one can go from no use to 200 innings. 100 or so is probably the most.

While it's a valid concern, I think most teams will struggle without arguably it's 2 best hitters. I think it's had the biggest influence on Abreu. He really seems to try to do everything by himself without Eloy hitting behind him

It's was over 2 years ago. They aren't worried about it at all. The innings limit is due to not pitching at all last year. If he pitched last year he would probably be in the rotation this year.