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If I was the A's I would have started Mike Fiers. But I get it if you're going to do something different than start Mike Fiers. He's obviously not ideal to start in a 1 game playoff. Especially if you have a good bullpen.

My question/problem is why are you having Hendriks and Rodney---your 2 worst pitchers---pitch against the Yankees best hitters. And it's not like there was nothing they could have done to avoid it---Hendriks pitched the top of the 1st and they brought in Rodney with the top hitters coming up too.
 
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I like these managers and teams working around the idea of "bullpen" games.

It needs to get ironed out obviously but I think they are fundamentally on to something.
 
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brodybuck21 said:
NL Wild Card = Cubs over Rockies

NLDS = Cubs over Brewers
= Braves over Dodgers

NLCS = Cubs over Braves



AL Wild Card = Athletics over Yankees

ALDS = Indians over Astros
= Red Sox over Athletics

ALCS = Red Sox over Indians



WS = Red Sox over Cubs




Now the WS I want to see is Indians over Brewers
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lol i suck at this
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I like these managers and teams working around the idea of "bullpen" games.

It needs to get ironed out obviously but I think they are fundamentally on to something.
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It's one of those things that if it works you look like a genius. But it requires several fireballers and none of them can implode or it foils the plan. Good luck trying to predict which one of them will have the off night.

Give me Sale, Scherzer, an average starter, and 2 or 3 flamethrowers behind them. Let's see that bullpen beat me in a 7 game series.
 
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Jake said:
It's one of those things that if it works you look like a genius. But it requires several fireballers and none of them can implode or it foils the plan. Good luck trying to predict which one of them will have the off night.

Give me Sale, Scherzer, an average starter, and 2 or 3 flamethrowers behind them. Let's see that bullpen beat me in a 7 game series.
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I see it a lot at the youth travel level. The biggest mistake I see them making is being strict to a schedule and pulling a hot pitcher. Yanking a guy who doesn't have it that day isn't a problem.

The top shelf starter is probably the best option but it's like moneyball again, you can possibly achieve similar production from a less expensive/more available source.

It, ostensibly, defeats the problem of top shelf pitching scarcity.
 
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Wade Miley is available on regular rest, his ERA this season is 2.57, 38% of his outings were quality starts. Is he starting game one? Nope. The Brewers are making it a bull pen game. Seems incredibly stupid to me because even if you win it you're burning through the strength of your pitching staff early in the playoffs. This isn't an elimination game.

Remember when the Tribe almost beat the Cubs? Recall how dominant Miller was early in the playoffs, only to run out of gas in the biggest series of the year. Francona was down a starter so some of that was necessity, but he also fell in love with his security blanket. Miller hasn't been the same since, by the way.

Stick to your routines that got you here. This isn't the time to experiment. The advantage Milwaukee has is Colorado had to use their 2 best SPs just to get here, but if the Rockies can split the first two I like their chances.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
It's dangerous when smart people overthink things. It's really dangerous when dumb people do it.
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Yeah, that's what I was think...hey, wait a minute!

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Instead of 2nd and 3rd, no outs, and a 2-1 game, Blackmon's double is overturned by an inch - foul ball. Not just a game changer, potentially a series changer.
 
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