The rebuilding Oakland A’s are comfortably in last place in late July, and so at this point their closer position doesn’t matter too much. If they lose a few more games because of their bullpen, it won’t affect the outcome of their season in any meaningful way.
But dangit, it sucks watching your team blow it in the 9th inning, no matter what the stakes are. Furthermore, jockeying for draft position just isn’t as valuable as it is in other sports, so extra losses don’t come with that particular silver lining. It’s at least worth trying to do the best you can with what you already have.