Getting back to this year's Astros, I think part of the problem you are seeing is that we have no starting pitching that is capable of taking a game to the eighth and giving the bullpen a rest. We're using up 3-4 innings a game with relievers and I think that is starting to show on the bullpen. Of course, they have a 12 and sometimes 13-man pitching staff where a 10-man staff was the norm not that many years ago.

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