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Originally Posted by packs
Why would you want a cold outfielder for game 7? He hasn’t played all year what kind of play can you expect him to make that your every day outfielder won’t?
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As it talks about in the linked article, it probably has to do with being able to have him pitch in relief and also stay in the lineup once he is done pitching. If they just used him to close (and there's no blown save) then maybe not an issue.