If Burr is on the list that needs to be protected before December, this makes a lot more sense. Kind of surprised it wasn't Frare who is a lefty who seems to be in the same boat.
They do need a reliever badly, just surprised it was him. The pen is fried. They have thrown 17 innings in the last two days (10 innings by the starters), including 7 innings in one game, twice. In the last 4 days they have gone 21 1/3 innings.
I wasn't the biggest Aretha fan, but I can certainly appreciate what she did as an influence on music, defining an entire genre.
That said, this is pretty awesome.