Joe Posnanski writes that Hillman hasn't figured out how to use his bullpen yet:But no, my point is not to go over the details of Sunday's loss, but to get to a different point: The Royals led 5-3 going into the eighth inning. They still led 5-4 with one out. They led 5-4 with two outs. And their star closer -- the guy who might just be the best closer in Baseball -- had not pitched in SIX DAYS. OK? This was Sunday afternoon, and Joakim Soria had not pitched since the previous Monday. That's awful no matter what -- you don't leave any pitcher out for six days, much less your dominant closer. And on top of this, the Royals had a DAY OFF coming. OK? Are you with me here? Six days off coming in. One day off coming out.So, it's fair to say that you will never, ever have a better time to bring in your closer to try and get four or five outs. Never. Soria had not pitched in almost a week. The team was going into a day off. It was a beautiful afternoon. The Royals were in first place and going for a sweep. This was absolutely, positively the perfect time to stretch out Joakim Soria. If you are not going to do it in this spot, then you are basically saying that you will never do it.

Well, of course, you know that the Royals did not bring Soria into the game in the eighth inning.

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