Elephant Rumblings: A’s Can’t Recall Four Players Yet, Service Time Rules Lead To Undesirable Outcomes

The Yankees have encountered bullpenning nine times this season. After tonight, they are 3-6.

• Keep Mengden in this role, or return him to the rotation?

Melvin was impressed by Mengden. But as far as whether he’ll start or not next time around, skipper says “we’ll play that one by ear.”#athletics

— Kalama Hines (@HINESight_2020) September 5, 2018

• What are your thoughts on a better system?

I do think the NHL system is something much closer to a logical one for MLB, but I will be honest, my NHL knowledge is limited enough that I couldn't speak about how well it works with confidence.