that's a good point. It certainly wouldn't be unusual to to send the starter ahead coming off the DH. I wasn't watching but did anyone see him on the bench?
bullpen too short for many extra inning games. But what shouldn't be lost in all the noise at the end is that Holton is either broken or just coming down to earth after a season last year playing over his head. Either way, those are innings we don't have a replacement for if he can't pick it up.
I'll feel bad if we contribute to Kelly getting fired as manager, but AJ can always bring him back on the staff here.....and there is no crying in baseball.
Hernandez probably looked good because IIRC, he faced 4 right hand hitters. He problem has been that he is being torched by lefthanders - 990 OPS against. He's been decent against RHB (715 OPS against). A pitcher with platoon splits like that is not going to be so attractive with the 3 hitter rule.
I assume the brain trust has something in mind for him to throw to LHB.