There's not many days off this
time around.
Let's give a little perspective
on this.
Now, go back to 2009 if you've
forgotten this, it's long ago
for some people john not us, but
2009, the new york Yankees had a
big three CC Sabathia, A.J.
Burnett and Andy Pettitte of
course 2009 Yankees with three
starters playing 15 games in 29
days, won a World Series
championship.
Now you're talking about that
real horses then, but again
playing a month, basically 15
games, 15 and 29 the Mets, if
they get through in the wild
card, al Leiter will start with
, you could be playing 15 games
in 19 days, eight games and 10
days wildcard division series if
they have to play them all a day
off and then seven out of eight
for the LCS.
I know this is partially lockout
induced to, but until the wild
card was also put into, hey,
let's get this series underway.
We don't want to put the top
seeds on ice and kind of a
disadvantage to the lower seeds.
Hey, you made the wild card too
bad burnout, You're pitching
staff and your top seeds get a
bit of an advantage, but your
take on that run, which is
especially difficult in the
national.
Yeah, I mean as you were just
showing CC with the 09 Yankees,
I was thinking about a one with
what Schilling and randy johnson
, you can really focus on the
front, two guys, you and Mike
Hampton actually, if you're the
front loaded rotation, you can
keep rolling out big guys.
So so back to like you saying,
hey, how cool would this be to
just win the pennant?
You go on the World Series like
that, that no, but like this but
this, I get it like this kind of
like you know what, you have a
number four starter man man,
reward that club for having the
depth of the Dodgers or the mets
and using everybody in your
bullpen, that guy that you never
go to the fifth inning guy, nope
, he's doing real work.
We talk about often how You know
how September baseball used to
be different with 40 man rosters
and all that.
Like let's keep the playoffs
where you got these managers in
these front offices of trying to
figure out how do we manage
through and having the depth of
that's necessary that we had to
do with in September and August
anyway.
I think that's why I think the
tweet of laura Albanese is
interesting because if there
might be one team that has the
depth in starting rotation, it
would be the mess, they would
have the capable because you
have a Taiwan walker behind the
Chris Bassitt even if you needed
a cookie carrasco, they have the
deepest rotation as far as guys
that can go deep in the games
and give you some swing and miss
stuff, but at the same time I
look at, you've got to win the
first two games, like there's no
, there's no doubt.
There's no easy road when you're
coming out of the wild card.
That first game has to be one
that second has to be one.
And also we saw last week that
it's not easy to just say, let
me throw one and two against the
braves or whoever it maybe you
still might get be.
Now that's if you win game one,
you might do that.
But is this strategy too Cute?
Yeah, I do think that's too
cute.
I have heard that as a
possibility.
I do think it does feel like
they are leaning toward Scherzer
in Game one.
It's not official.
So I saw bucks reaction and I
believe that it's probably
accurate that they're going to
save the Graham.
I don't see that strategy making
any sense is still going to
pitch one game and that next in
the division series, whether you
save him or don't save him, he's
still going to get one game.
It's a five game series.
Right?
So he's getting one game either
way.
Right?
So I don't get that.
I'd rather get that first series
over with one thing to keep in
mind.
Do think it gives advantage to
the teams with depth, but not
only series are going the
distance.
So you might have more off days
than were mapping out here.
True or you could do that.
Give me some that is, this is,
that's a very analytics new
school of thinking getting cute
savior big guy for game three,
the deciding game or you could
get him game one for the next
series, but you're getting kind
of cute al Well are we?
I don't know.
I'm thinking about in 2000 world
Series with the Mets, joe Tory
held back Andy Pettitte, I think
he was the hottest pitcher and
joe always talked about game
three being the pivotal.
Obviously if you're up to you
Game two And you know, to be
able to have that guy to either
right the ship or really beria
team.
I don't know how cute it is
because john, you said no matter
whether you pitch game two in
this wildcard series, you're
gonna get one start in the
division series.
So for what you said about the
Mets, let's just stay on the
Mets.
You know Bassett, I know, I know
he had a clunker down.
So if I'm banking, I'm not, I'm
not going significantly off the
cliff.
I win game one and I pitch
Bassett, either pitch whoever is
to shares or deGrom you win or
you lose.
You got basket on sunday.
So it's either basket on
saturday or sunday and you have
a chance to get to and oh and
either have you either have a
deGrom or shares are waiting
Game one.
If you get to Graham Game one
going in the division series?
You might get him again going
later on in that division
series.
Can't you get him again?
Let me see if you get the
division because you have a day
off after the second day you
would Your division.
Yeah.
Your game one start.
They handle him with care.
I think they handle him with
care.
I don't I don't think you
realize what you're saying.
You're saying you're not
believing in momentum.
I'm just saying you guys are ex
players and you're telling me, I
don't believe you get a game one
, win your foot on their throat
and eliminate those guys number
one and you're not doing it.
No, no, I'm going to hold him
off because maybe I can use him
in the next series.
You guys ex players are telling
me that.
No, but if I was going to a
triple A a pitcher, no, I
wouldn't do that.
It really wouldn't matter on the
roster.
I'm saying you're against trying
to think about the logic that
they might be thinking about.
I hear jim Leyland the back of
my head right now.
I don't manager for tomorrow.
I'm managing for today.
I might not be here tomorrow.
I'm with I'm with Leland but I
do think bastards pretty good.
He's actually been better than
the Graham lately.
So that huge difference to get
in front office wonky right now.
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