Patrick is our second or third best starter. But none of Sproat, Henderson, or Gasser can be trusted with Patrick's current role. Gasser probably compares vs. Drohan as the left-handed version of this role. It has greater difficulty and more important innings. Sproat and Henderson are tasked with trying to get about 5 innings of effective pitching in every 5-6 days. Patrick has to get through the later leverage innings, and where the starters get the routine bullpen between starts, Patrick's "bullpen" is a shorter relief appearance in leverage like last night.