jimimou wrote:TMS wrote:sidsanders wrote:ap hasnt gone on short rest in years, and even aj's sample size for short rest is small. this seems like a huge gamble which could extend things. if aj is good (or bad) and they cant close it: ap goes on short rest against pm on full rest and then cc on short again. this doesnt sound very good IF things get extended. it would seem to make more sense for aj in 6, cc/ap in 7. im not seeing how it works well if they dont win it mon. puts too much strain on the 3 starters with a shaky bullpen to some degree.if it works, no one will care. if it doesnt, things could get messy.
i just don't like the idea of basically conceding a loss... pitching Gaudin vs. a fully rested Cliff Lee is not my idea of giving urself the best chance to win a ballgame personally... i think u gotta take ur chances w/AJB & hope he follows what he's done prior in his career... Andy pitching on 3 days' rest is even a better option than starting Gaudin in a game if u ask me... & CC would have been the guy in game 7 regardless of what occurs... AJ will probably be able to give us a couple innings too if it goes the distance for that matter.
tms - do you think we stick w molina tonight catching aj? being in the nl and already losing a bat b/c burnett's gotta hit, it makes it that much more difficult a call to start molina imho. jorge has been solid at the plate, what do you do? i personally would go w jorge behind the plate and give us the best chance of winning.
in the NL park i might start Jorge but i think Molina will be catching AJ tonight... Joe doesn't like to mess w/things that are working for him, & Molina's defense behind the plate is essential especially w/AJ throwing those curves that bounce in the dirt... u don't want Jorge back there botching those balls w/men on base.
hopefully Swisher's gonna keep hitting tonight & Cano finally wakes the F up... if those 2 things happen the bottom of our order should be fine even w/Gardner, Molina & AJ hitting in the 7-9 slots... personally i don't think this is gonna be a high scoring game tonight anyway if AJ has his stuff... if not then we probably get blown out, but that's the story of AJB anyway... either he's got the good stuff or he doesn't... i think he'll give us a good 6 innings & then Jorge & Matsui will get some AB's later on in the game after Burnett gets taken out (Matsui pinch hitting & Jorge replacing Molina)
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
11/2/2009 5:54 AM
