Not really sure how that is relevant to their workload. What is relevant is that the M’s are in the thick of the playoff race. The Twins are still a half dozen games under .500.
47th appearance for Pressly. Team game 93. Only the Mariners’ Edwin Diaz has more (48). Worth noting however that Seattle has completed 95 games already.
Meanwhile, it’s the 6th inning and the Twins are on pitcher number 4. Here are the Rays. Their starter left in the third and they are still on pitcher number two.
This is what we saw from Busenitz last year. He lacks the ability (either in command or stuff) to put hitters away. The result is long at bats. The longer the at bat, the bigger advantage for the hitter and the rest of the hitters in the lineup.