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Corinne wrote:So what are we gonna do about Mitch White.

Schad wrote:

Corinne wrote:So what are we gonna do about Mitch White.

As it stands he doesn't pitch in anything even approaching medium leverage...a five-run ninth-inning lead is the most-important situation he's faced to date (it's the first time he has entered with the team leading by fewer than 10 runs), and even then he got lifted before the game was actually on the line. He'll get shunted into the minors when we pick up a reliever or two at the deadline, but we're clearly avoiding situations where he can really harm anything anyway.

SharoneWright wrote:Does Ryu rejoin us as a reliever?

Schad wrote:

SharoneWright wrote:Does Ryu rejoin us as a reliever?

Assuming the health (and Manoah's ability to throw strikes) of our other starters holds up I suspect there's more likelihood of Ryu being our 5th starter and Kikuchi getting moved to the 'pen. But that presumes that Ryu returns at a reasonably high level which is no guarantee.

Corinne wrote:I think they're quite adamant about keeping Ryu in the starting lineup, although "talk is cheap"

Schad wrote:

SharoneWright wrote:Does Ryu rejoin us as a reliever?

Assuming the health (and Manoah's ability to throw strikes) of our other starters holds up I suspect there's more likelihood of Ryu being our 5th starter and Kikuchi getting moved to the 'pen. But that presumes that Ryu returns at a reasonably high level which is no guarantee.

Mehar wrote:With the limited off-days in the coming weeks, and the amount of innings the Starters have pitched this year up to date like Gausman, I think it makes sense to even use a 6 man rotation at times when Ryu is back and healthy to give an extra rest day to the Starters.

Schad wrote:

Mehar wrote:With the limited off-days in the coming weeks, and the amount of innings the Starters have pitched this year up to date like Gausman, I think it makes sense to even use a 6 man rotation at times when Ryu is back and healthy to give an extra rest day to the Starters.

That's definitely also a possibility, especially if we establish enough of a buffer in the WC that we can afford fewer Gausman starts (once healthy again).