01-31-2020, 02:37 PM
(01-31-2020, 12:48 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: Stephenson is the long reliever emergency starter. Currently Garret and Cody Reed are lefties on the 40-man, but Nathan Jones could also make the club if he can stay healthy.
I would like to see more lefties in camp. Iglesias and Lorenzen are locked in as late inning righties and Garrett as late inning lefty. Stephenson or whoever as the Mop Up Man working as many innings in a game as needed to stay in the Bigs as Long Reliever. That is 4 right there, plus 5 starters makes 9. As they fill out bullpen we need at least 1 more lefty, maybe 2 more. Don't lose games because all we went out and got were right handers. Strop can't get by on his name either, he has to still have some game. I always remember Reds bringing in Kent Tekulve but he was washed up over the hill batting practice. Some of these relievers do not get better with age. Dibble, once Dibble was done, he was done and he became batting practice. Old relievers can't get by on their names, they have to have some gas left in the tank.
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