I don't have time to write much about last night's game, but I'd just like to express my happiness with Ron Gardenhire for leaving Joe Nathan to sit in the bullpen and wait for a save opportunity while a vastly inferior reliever went out and lost the game in the tenth inning. Not the first time it's happened, and surely not the last.
Nathan is the best pitcher on this team, and the highest paid player. Use him when you need to get outs and extend the game. Come on Gardy.
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That marks three times by my count. The two Tigers games being the first.
For someone who's strength is supposedly bullpen management, it is beyond frustrating to watch Gardy continue to used Nathan sparingly in save-only situations. Then again, let us remember that this is the same guy who says "swing away" to two young players without even a roadmap to find the strikezone.
For a fan base that for the majority believes Bert when he says we have "the best bullpen in the majors", people are sure quick to rely on their upper-echelon relievers. I wouldn't be opposed to having Nathan come in in the eighth, but only in a jam. I don't think Joe should go out for the eighth and ninth though, even if its a tie ballgame. It just seems silly to pay those guys top tier wages and then not let them do their work.
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