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BornToRun

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Please, please, please don't give Jansen a chance to piss this marvelous effort
He’s getting the 9th. It’s why he’s here and what they’re paying him to do. You can’t staple him to the bullpen bench because he blew two games a week ago.
 

scottyno

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Make that a 3.05 era over his last 6 starts. Guess Cora knew what he was doing, Sale made that look easy.
 

derekson

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Glad it worked but fuxk it feels like Cora is pushing it with Sale and Paxton both
 

twibnotes

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It’s not necessarily a good reason to do it, but it’s clear that Sale is super happy to have gone 7. He seems to put value on going deep successfully
 

BornToRun

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Cora has never struck me as a Dusty Baker when it comes to handling his pitchers. If he thought that Sale was fine to push it an extra inning then I trust his judgment.
 

SemperFidelisSox

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Sale and Paxton starts are the only times the bullpen doesn’t need to come in for the 5th inning. Cora has to find rest for some of these relievers so he did.