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Two years ago the late inning progression was Brach, O'Day, Britton, BOB. The late inning bullpen was pretty damn good. Yes?

Last year the late inning progression became O'Day, Brach, Britton, OBB. The results were not quite as good. Were they?

This year the bull pen became whoever, Brach because O'Day and Britton were on the DL. Once we got all three on the field at the same time, the progression was O'Day, Brach. Britton, OBB. This threesome has not been all that effective. Anyone want to disagree? Watching the game on TV from the center field camera, it seems pretty obvious to me. Brach and Britton are pretty much the same type of pitches. One comes from the right side and the other comes from the left side. The demonstrated effective bullpen progression put someone in between B & B that threw from a totally different perspective. 

Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe the O's coaching staff needs to go back and look at what was very effective two years ago. Just saying.

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It's exactly what you said which is the reason. Injuries.

O'Day was injured most of last year, so they had to use Brach more prominently; which his overuse last year probably led to a drop of effectiveness this year. At the same time O'Day had to come back this year and prove himself to be effective again with a shaky start coming back from the injury of last year.

It looks like O'Day has certainly been more effective this second half. Buck might not necessarily go with the BOB order unless everyone is well rested and it's a must win game. With Givens in the mix he seems to opt to give at least one of the guys a night off to rest them instead of using all of his bullets.

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O'Day hasn't been as consistent in 2016-17 as he was in 2012-15.   That's not a function of how he's been used; rather, how he's been used has been dictated by his inconsistency, and some injuries he's had.

Brach also has been somewhat inconsistent, in my opinion because of necessity he's been overused at times (due to injuries to Britton and O'Day).

Givens has been very good but also has been overused at times.   

Britton hasn't been that good even when he's been available, compared to past seasons.    That's not due to any change in role.    

Overall, it's still a pretty good back end.    But to the extent they've taken a step down, I don't think it's due to Buck changing their roles.

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