re: Why not let Herring start from here on out?

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Not if we are in a situation where we are up by 1 or 2 on a friday. Im sure if he only throws an inning or two on friday, he’ll be available once more that weekend.

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I'm not denying that he is valuable in that scenario. I just think at this point, he is more valuable giving you 5-6 innings pitched on Sundays. If Herring wasn't available to finish the game yesterday, how much confidence do you have that we win?

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Problem is, we have had to go to him too early in every series, so he ends ip throwing 50-60 pitches anyway. Which again, basically makes him a tandem starter. Its incredibly valuable on the backend.

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That is very valuable, but it screws you over on Sundays. We HAVE to win 2/3. Trying to piece together a Sunday pitching staff for the rest of the year isn't going to work.

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If it was guaranteed he could start and give us 6 innings of 1 run ball, maybe, but no guarantee he is successful as a starter

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We don't have a single pitcher on the roster that is guaranteed to do that.