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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1772976" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-marmol-confident-he-made-right-decision-limiting-helsley-on-tuesday/article_b5a88682-9f2a-5af5-8c30-ae28fea2d841.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Oliver Marmol, while not second-guessing his decision to limit relief ace Ryan Helsley to one inning on Tuesday night, said he did ask himself the question afterward.</p><p>And the Cardinals manager’s answer was the same as it was at real speed late in what became a 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Taylor Walls’ three-run homer in the 10th inning off Drew VerHagen. Helsley had thrown 11 pitches in a scoreless ninth, and Giovanny Gallegos, the co-closer, had thrown 12 to work a scoreless eighth.</p><p>“Would it have been great to have Helsley for more innings than we had?” asked Marmol, rhetorically Wednesday night. “Sure, but there’s only one of him and you have to use him properly.</p><p></p><p>“If we were sitting here today and you were told that we didn’t have Helsley in our (bull)pen the next three weeks, how do you feel about that? So if you were to tell me Helsley is not going to be in your (bull)pen for the next 3½ weeks, then I’m OK not using him for an extra inning.</p><p>“Could Helsley have thrown that inning? Yes, he could have. But I sleep better at night knowing that we gave up a three-run home run on a (bad) pitch instead of Helsley walking in today and saying, ‘I need an MRI.’ At some point, other people need to get outs. That’s the bottom line.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1772976, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-marmol-confident-he-made-right-decision-limiting-helsley-on-tuesday/article_b5a88682-9f2a-5af5-8c30-ae28fea2d841.html[/URL] ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Oliver Marmol, while not second-guessing his decision to limit relief ace Ryan Helsley to one inning on Tuesday night, said he did ask himself the question afterward. And the Cardinals manager’s answer was the same as it was at real speed late in what became a 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Taylor Walls’ three-run homer in the 10th inning off Drew VerHagen. Helsley had thrown 11 pitches in a scoreless ninth, and Giovanny Gallegos, the co-closer, had thrown 12 to work a scoreless eighth. “Would it have been great to have Helsley for more innings than we had?” asked Marmol, rhetorically Wednesday night. “Sure, but there’s only one of him and you have to use him properly. “If we were sitting here today and you were told that we didn’t have Helsley in our (bull)pen the next three weeks, how do you feel about that? So if you were to tell me Helsley is not going to be in your (bull)pen for the next 3½ weeks, then I’m OK not using him for an extra inning. “Could Helsley have thrown that inning? Yes, he could have. But I sleep better at night knowing that we gave up a three-run home run on a (bad) pitch instead of Helsley walking in today and saying, ‘I need an MRI.’ At some point, other people need to get outs. That’s the bottom line.” [/QUOTE]
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