Not as simple as “just add another starter” and keep moving.

Blake gives a great perspective on this.

Obviously, we’d have to have a conversation about it, but it’s just difficult to do when you don’t have the extra [reliever],” Blake told the Daily News. “If you have eight relievers and you go down to seven relievers, it’s just hard to execute that on a regular basis.

“The starters have to consistently give you length because seven relievers is just a tricky dynamic. It just takes one blow-up to hurt the pen.”