James, I think you are overstating the Brocail case a bit. He isn't washed up, the Astros simply bought into his SD numbers too much. Most projections had him coming in at around a 4 ERA and that seems to be the track he's on. The problem is that a 4 ERA is not what you need out of your 8th inning guy. Ironically, Villareal was the other 8th inning candidate and he also was projected to end up with a 4ish ERA. He is also trending that direction. A lot of managing this particular bullpen is not necessarily writing off any reliever, but simply having enough perception to ride the hot hand at the time. As crazy as that sounds, that would be Geary and Villareal right now.

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