Tie game going into the 10th. Koji has been used to bridge through a scoreless 9th. Tazawa had been the natural option however:
- Tazawa leads the team in appearances with 37
- This is good for 7th in the league
- Has not pitched since Sunday
- Prior to Sunday had a high workload (June 21-28 5 innings)
- pitched an acceptable bullpen earlier in the day, was deemed healthy
- advised that the bullpen session should be his only pitching of the day (two warm-ups)
Given Farrell was advised not to pitch him I kind of don't understand why there is chatter about not pitching him last night. It feels to me like more or a frustration thing - why is our most valuable bullpen arm laying fallow for a week during probably our last period of make-or-break? A DL stint, with retrospect, would have made more sense.
- Tazawa leads the team in appearances with 37
- This is good for 7th in the league
- Has not pitched since Sunday
- Prior to Sunday had a high workload (June 21-28 5 innings)
- pitched an acceptable bullpen earlier in the day, was deemed healthy
- advised that the bullpen session should be his only pitching of the day (two warm-ups)
Given Farrell was advised not to pitch him I kind of don't understand why there is chatter about not pitching him last night. It feels to me like more or a frustration thing - why is our most valuable bullpen arm laying fallow for a week during probably our last period of make-or-break? A DL stint, with retrospect, would have made more sense.