He did a good job for us in long relief at the end of the year.

He has been used in long relief out of the bullpen.

He is horrible, Braves need to stick him in long relief.

His ability to pitch in long relief made him the logical choice to start this week.

Schoeneweis, who can pitch long relief, started 19 games in 2004.

Manuel has worked in long relief, once going two weeks between appearances.

He could start or pitch in long or short relief.

He said, however, that he had no objections to long relief at first.

With the bench strength Johnson has, the only question mark seems to be long relief.

"I went to the minors for the first two weeks, then pitched in long relief when they called me up," he said.