The plan was awesome last game except for the use of Cimber.
-Richards as the opener for a maximum of one time through the lineup
-They don't have to go straight to Francis, if they have lefties in the lineup it's best to use Mayza early in the game because they won't pinch hit. But if they do then they'll just be screwing themselves later on when our right handed setup men come into the game.
-Then go to Francis
-Pearson could also do two innings in one of these games
But that's a ton of bullpen usage and they can't rely on Richards going 3 innings every time. They really need the starters to eat more innings if they keep planning on doing this or they are going to have to let Francis go 4-5 innings. Hopefully they start letting Francis do that as he gets stretched out more after coming back from injury. That was only his 4th or 5th appearance all year.