If Todd Helton never made it to the playoffs as a Rockie, would it have been fair for Colorado to keep him for all 17 years of his career?
Daniel Bard’s situation is different — he’s played for two MLB teams with a seven-year absence in between — but in the 14-year span since his debut, how many postseason innings does he deserve?
Short answer: far more than three.
Bard’s career postseason work has been limited to the 2009 ALDS with the Boston Red Sox. He pitched one perfect inning in a 0-5 loss and would shut down the Los Angeles Angels two days later; he inherited a bases-loaded, no-out, fifth-inning situation where he tossed two frames, allowed no baserunners of his own, and allowed just one his three inherited runners to score.