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Old 04-18-2011, 08:16 AM   #14
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Re: Leake vs. Volquez & The Starting Rotation

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Originally Posted by cumberlandreds View Post
Unless Volquez gets his 1st inning woes straightened out in the next couple of starts you have to either send to the bullpen or to AAA if he has options left. You can't let him continue to put his team in the hole every game. It puts too much pressure on the entire team to come from behind. Not to mention that it will slowly burn out a bullpen because you having to take him out an inning or two earlier than you would have he had got off to a good start. That loss yesterday was all on him. If he comes out the gate well the Reds win that game easily. You can't keep giving away games like that and expect to make the playoffs.
The bullpen is no place for a guy with 1st inning woes. More like a phantom arm injury and a few rehab starts in the minors.
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