Major-league managers face a challenge every day as they seek to best utilize their bullpens. The urge to use the trusted and hot hands on a daily basis must be fought as the 162-game season can wear out the deepest bullpens.
While some relief pitchers thrive with regular work, in other cases, more sporadic work can yield the best outcomes. Two current members of the Yankees bullpen, Chad Green and Luis Cessa, are best utilized when they are working less frequently out of the bullpen.
Green and Cessa arrived in the Yankees organization in December 2015 when the Yankees traded lefty-reliever Justin Wilson for the pair, then minor league starters.