It's time to go back to a seven man pen

[weams]

7 hours ago, Nevermore said:

This has nothing to do with emotional ties. It has to do with effective pitching. 

I do agree with that. I think Castro pitched effectively. Crichton too. 

[OFFNY]

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(vs. BLUE JAYS, 5/19)

 

4 ) Innings Pitched

2 ) Hits )(2 Singles)

0 ) Runs

3 ) Walks

6 ) Strikeouts

78 )Pitches l(46 lStrikes, l32 lBalls)

 

Darren O'Day

Alec Asher

Brad Brach

Michael Givens

 

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[sportsfan8703]

I don't get why we optioned Castro out?  He did his job while he was up here and we don't need a fresh arm for tonight.  The only thing I can think of is that they want a true long man available in the pen.  Bleier can't be that because right now he's the only lefty we have.  Plus it's now been more than 10 days since Verrett was optioned.  I bet its Verret that gets the call today.  

[FlipTheBird]

On 5/17/2017 at 3:33 PM, Nevermore said:

And most Delta jets have  those tiny, reconfigured seats. Pitchers tend  to be tall,   so they will have problems fitting in, even in 1st/business class.  This will be true even in a chartered jet.

The big club travels for 81 games a year, and on road trips rarely spends more than three days in a city before climbing back aboard a plane.

In the minors they're regularly taking long bus trips.

Worrying about the "tiring" travel from Norfolk seems trivial and forced.