Don Cooper on the "[Sergio] Santos rules"

Merkin:

Through the first five weeks of the 2010 regular season, the White Sox have operated under the “Santos Rules” when using this phenom. If Santos warms up in the bullpen, he always comes into a game. He has not pitched more than 1 1/3 innings in any one outing, and Santos’ back-to-back efforts have been limited to one scoreless inning against Cleveland on April 8 and facing three Minnesota hitters on April 9.

“Everything that goes on with him, I promise you, is calculated,” Cooper said. “Each time we are going a little further so he’s going to have more and more opportunities in more critical situations.”