From Rotoworld....

"Jose Valverde was unavailable in Saturday's save situation because he had warmed up on four straight nights, manager Cecil Cooper said.
Valverde didn't pitch Thursday, but since he did warm up in the Astros' extra-inning loss and he did pitch on Friday, that was enough to rule him out for tonight. It makes us wonder why the Astros didn't just go ahead and use him in the tight game Thursday."


First off...he did pitch in the extra-inning loss on Wednesday(he took the L). Second..."tight game Thursday"??????? The Astros were down 7-3 entering the 9th and lost 7-5.

Finally....if he warms up that counts as an appearance toward not being able to use him in a future game. He doesn't even have to come into a game...he can just be warming up in the BP.imageimageimage Talk about babying players.image