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Evan Grant on the Ranger bullpen

Evan Grant analyzes the Rangers bullpen, and talks about what the team is going to have to do going forward...

Grant suggests -- and I tend to agree -- that you simply can't use Frank Francisco on back-to-back days anymore.  Since coming off the d.l., he's been bad in the second games, and it looks like he's just not able to cover sufficiently to bring his closer's stuff.

And that probably means using either C.J. Wilson or Neftali Feliz in save situations, and probably having those guys pitch both the 8th and 9th when Frankie isn't available, rather than using them as a one inning reliever.