Quote Originally Posted by skadoosh14 View Post
Why is it brilliant? Barring injury purposes, why not get him in on a Sunday start where we've already won the series? We were up by 4 in the 7th when Smith had retired 7 straight.

He gets more innings and more experience in a no pressure environment if he starts him on Sunday. It really doesn't make sense to me.
Because you are able to evaluate a short stint and give a guy confidence. If things look good you can still throw him on Sunday a inning or so. Build confidence and evaluate his arm strength