Ashcraft to surgery - will miss rest of season

[*ochocincos*]

I should mention that for those who had not noticed in recent games, Lively is pitching essentially as a long reliever.
The guys they are actually giving the starts are not actually starters, but just placeholder relievers getting to pitch 1-2 innings before going to either another reliever for 1-2 innings or Lively to pitch 3-5 innings.

I assume they're doing this to get him ready to pitch as a long reliever for postseason (if they make it, obv).