04-17-2019, 04:47 PM
(04-17-2019, 12:29 PM)grampahol Wrote: He pretty much had to let Mahle hit for himself last night since nearly the entire bullpen was depleted.. Was he supposed to let Duke go out and pitch 6 innings?
I didn't think so, but yeah, some of these lineup moves don't make any sense. They're relying it seems on nothing but analytics from a fan of another team who hates the Reds..
Btw, the Reds had a day off and then played 3 games before yesterday. The bullpen pitched 11 innings in those 3 games. What are there, like 8 relievers? If they’re tired with that few innings this early in the season then something is wrong. Wait till they have a long stretch of games without a day off and wait till they play some extra inning games. There should have been maybe 1 or 2 relievers not available yesterday.
