Quake Griffin wrote:Neddy wrote:now i wake up this morning, I think we should have gone with 14 pitchers.
we could always use Kershaw as a pinch hitter. Puig can double as an emergency catcher, ****'s versatility comes through being able to play just about anywhere other than the mound and behind the plate, we are gonna need situational pitchers in this series against Rizzo, Bryant, Baez, and others who can bring a bat in crucual moments with so much power and lefty-righty matchup nightmares with one too few situational pitchers. I woluld have preferred Coleman for their power righties for sure. Dayton should strickly be used against lefties only here.
Agree on Coleman.
I may be willing to go 12 players, 13 pitchers by dropping Ethier but not 11. Maddon's chess move is to double up on lefties in his pen. I'd like to stay flexible so we can play that game of chess with him and win it.
After our normal 8 I like:
Chooch
****
Howie
Puig
Flexible. Can field multiple positions. That leaves Ethier off (Toles is in the "normal 8"). I'd honestly hate to pluck one more off from that 4.
one more glaring issue especially for tonight...
I want Kenta to face exactly 18 batters. thats it. whether that comes at the end of the 6th or in the middle of the 4th, Kenta should only face the Cubs lineup just twice for the obvious issues. we should then depending on the sitation of tie, winning, or losing and by how many runs we are up or down by, Wood, Stripling, Blanton, or Fields should be considered. Urias should be either given a night off, or be the 8th inning set up guy. Avilan, Dayton, and Baez should strictly be used as spot relievers tonight.
if we have say 2 run lead and Kenta makes it to the end of the 5th, throw the kitchen sink at them in 6th and 7th depending on the situation, then Urias or Joe in the 8th, and get out of the game 1 with Jansen to close. that would be ideal.
of course there is that unlikely potential of beating up on Lester early and make it a blow out, but this game is either gonna be 2-1, 1-0, 3-2 type of close game or we are gonna get blown out if Kenta has a melt down early.
if Pitching can't hold, no amount of useful bench pieces will make any impact what so ever tonight.
