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Re: Nationals @ Mets, Game 2
« Reply #875: April 10, 2011, 02:35:24 AM »
I don't know.  He looked fine in the 7th.  I think if you're a pitcher at this level coming out of the pen, you should be able to go two innings at least occasionally.

But he shouldn't be at this level. That's why you don't push that third inning, at this point in the season.  He pitched in two innings.  That is a reasonable amount for a non-long reliever with any level of experience.  Why push someone who's so inexperienced out for the third inning, this early in the season?  How about waiting until he's had three or four more MLB outings before you try something like this?

Think about it.  How many other relievers have pitched in three innings, in one outing, this season, not Burnett, not Storen, not Clippard, not Coffey, not Gaudin (the supposed long reliever), not Slaten.  The FIRST TIME Riggleman does it, he does it with the reliever who's never pitched above AA.

Forget about this particular team, it is a rarity for a reliever to pitch in three innings in a single outing because of the nature of non-long relief.