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Originally Posted by David Watts
I don't know if it would be a problem. Managers often use closers in strange situations in order to get them work. I remember Leyland bringing Valverde into games the Tigers had big leads. Of course, that big lead was soon in jeopardy  Think about bad teams. If you go all week without a lead to hold, do you just let your closer rot in the bullpen? You said it was opening day. Was the next day an off day? |
Yes the next day was an off day. However, it was a blowout so why not use even more of the pen if rust was a concern? No one had pitched in a week and no one was going to pitch the next day as well. Is it only a concern to the AI to make sure the closer doesn't get rusty?