But am seeing some signs of them crawling out of the coffin.
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Tonight Vargas came out nice and early, after 6.2, so kudos to Wedge for not violating the 28th Hitter Rule.
But I'm thinking, 2.1 IP and you're up 2-1 ... even a great bullpen, that would be asking a lot. ... this pen can afford to blow a few games, but ...
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Biggest question is throwing strikes, and they have a few guys who can do that, notably Wright and Lueke. So the comfort meter is advancing from 2 to, say, 4 ...
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Aardsma's supposed to be back soon, and League's capable of being a legit setup guy. If those two are good, they'll be able to pick-and-choose a coupla other guys.
So, much more cautiously optimistic that they'll be "nervously adequate" than I was in spring.
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