In another five weeks, a player on the Boston Red Sox will be told he is not good enough. The statement will not be direct, but the undercurrent will be. Manager Alex Cora will pull a player into his managerial office and say the first round of the playoffs you will sit.
The round will be a five-game series and invariably the player, or maybe more than one, chosen to enjoy the dugout will be a pitcher. Of course, there will be other motivating factors that Cora can weave into the narrative giving someone a hiatus for a five-game series.