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8 man pen and no lefty

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These games count as well. If we have a lefty Buck doesn't walk Mauer and even if they take the lead the floodgates may not open.

You don't know, and we'll never know, that Buck wouldn't have intentionally walked Mauer in that spot. It was a pretty good situation to do so.

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O'Day has been a dominant reliever for the Orioles for five years. You activate him as soon as he's healthy. You don't hold him back for four days to make room for a mediocre lefty.

Ubaldo was back on Monday. One more day was my point. And I would have kept Hart over Wilson.

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You don't know, and we'll never know, that Buck wouldn't have intentionally walked Mauer in that spot. It was a pretty good situation to do so.

I think he is has a situationally lefty he uses him there. Molitor stacked his lefties with no fear of a a lefty in pen.

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I think it's easy to overstate the value of a LOOGY. A typical lefty specialist has a better-than-average split against lefties, but gets killed by righties. Their overall impact is pretty small.

If you have two pitchers of equal ability competing for your last spot, one lefty, one righty, you probably pick the lefty. But I wouldn't go out of my way to call up a Donnie Hart all the way from AA so he can come into tight spots to face the best lefties in the game. I'd just as soon have a good right-hander.

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I think it's easy to overstate the value of a LOOGY. A typical lefty specialist has a better-than-average split against lefties, but gets killed by righties. Their overall impact is pretty small.

If you have two pitchers of equal ability competing for your last spot, one lefty, one righty, you probably pick the lefty. But I wouldn't go out of my way to call up a Donnie Hart all the way from AA so he can come into tight spots to face the best lefties in the game. I'd just as soon have a good right-hander.

They have an 8 man pen for one thing. Buck walked Mauer who isn't the Joe Mauer of years ago intentionally. Teams can stack lefties in their lineup with no fear.

I mean if you can add another Brad Brach instead I am all for it.

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They have an 8 man pen for one thing. Buck walked Mauer who isn't the Joe Mauer of years ago intentionally. Teams can stack lefties in their lineup with no fear.

You're telling me that Donnie Hart is the difference between fearing the bullpen and radically altering lineup construction and not?

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You're telling me that Donnie Hart is the difference between fearing the bullpen and radically altering lineup construction and not?

Teams will stack lefties if you don't have a lefty to match up, that is what I am saying. Buck said as much yesterday.

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