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Bullington riding the pine

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Franah Reputation:95 Level:Superstar Since:Mar 11, 2008
	June 8, 2008 10:06 pm Score: 95
	Considering he is one of our better pitching prospects, Why has Brian Bullington not pitched? Is there some sort of master plan that Russell is working on? His arm strength has to be suffering from not pitching in a game for a couple of weeks. Can someone shed some light on this for me?
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Davisson444 Reputation:97 Level:Superstar Since:Nov 27, 2006
	June 9, 2008 2:20 pm Score: 95
	Brian Bullington had been brought up because we need fresh arms in the bullpen. Between the terrible starting pitching and numerous extra inning games, the bullpen had been depleted. Suddenly, the starting pitching has been better, if not great, and we haven't had to use the bullpen as much.
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irishfan1821 Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Nov 21, 2006
	June 9, 2008 11:05 pm Score: 92
	Yeah. He sucks. He was a wasted draft pick. He's no better than duke or maholm.
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BlueRaider91 Reputation:98 Level:Superstar Since:Dec 4, 2006
	June 13, 2008 5:52 am Score: 96
	He is no longer riding the pine in Pit but is on his way back to indy. This frees up a spot on the 25 man roster for the interleague games. Neil Walker, Andrew McCutcheon? Pearce has struggled mightily, so probably not him. EmJay? Jalcorn? What do you guys think?
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jalcorn427 Reputation:98 Level:Superstar Since:Dec 7, 2006
	June 13, 2008 10:53 am Score: 96
	BR, I made a similar comment yetserday about taking a risk with 11 pitchers for the 6 games in AL parks. Pearce would make the most sense since he is already on the 40-man. Walker or McCutchen would require NH to let a player go through waivers, I don't think he'll do that for 6 games of help. The PG reports that Salas will be brought back up instead of a bat.
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Franah Reputation:95 Level:Superstar Since:Mar 11, 2008
	June 13, 2008 12:02 pm Score: 96
	All indications are that it is Salas. BR91 you bring up a great point though. If the pirate starter continue to play well, why not bring up a batter and go with 6 in the pen.....
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buccosfan4life Reputation:97 Level:Superstar Since:Jul 15, 2007
	June 13, 2008 12:18 pm Score: 94
	Yeah. He sucks. He was a wasted draft pick. He's no better than duke or maholm. What exactly makes you say this. Bullington hasn't pitched yet. Also I think Duke and Maholm are decent pitchers. They both have times when they are terrible, but when they are good they are usually pretty good you idiot. None of those pitchers suck they are in the majors and they are that bad in the majors either.
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