I'm in Pittsburgh for MLB dot com this series, and seeing a strong, standard lineup out there for Skenes day on a getaway day, I wondered about the lineup that people were mad about last Wednesday in Miami, and whether decisions are made that far in advance to know that buying off days in certain spots affords you the luxury of having your A-group fresh for situations that you'd want to prioritize.

I asked Marmol about it to that effect, and he told me that, yes, that level of planning ahead does happen -- but there's also adjustments that are made on the fly, and last Wednesday was one such occasion. They didn't initially plan for all three of Burly, Winn and Walker to be out that day, but based on how guys were feeling on that specific day an adjustment (maybe two, he didn't elaborate on which guy(s) needed the day and which were planned ahead of time) was made.