Mailbag: Will Bush be the fifth starter?

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Will the Brewers just leave David Bush alone and let him start 35 games this year? It really bothered me when they bumped his spot a few times last year. Let the kid pitch.
-- Sammy, M., North Wales, Pa.

Bush will certainly have more standing with pitching coach Mike Maddux and manager Ned Yost than he did last year, when Bush was new to the team. But I still think he could start the year as the No. 5 starter because of his ability to bounce between the rotation and the bullpen. Yes, Bush's relief outings last season were terrible, but the weird schedule that usually goes with a back-end-of-the-rotation assignment never seemed to affect his starts.

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