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A few notes on the week:

Bullpen

Bummer to burn Hader yesterday He only threw 9 pitches but that’s still 3 appearances in 4 days. I imagine he’s “emergency only.”

Neris and Ort also have pitched two consecutive days. At least they get an extra half-day of rest before tonight. Espada still has five other relievers but you’d prefer saving Pressly and especially Abreu for save/hold situations only. A very good Arrrighetti start or a big performance from the offense would help a lot to reset the bullpen.

The Ferguson performance hurt yesterday, as you never want to see control problems up five runs in the 9th.