Elmhurst Steve wrote:
Foolish to think they will get past the 1st round of the playoffs this year. I suspect Arrieta will start the wild card play-in game. That means after Lester (who has not been consistent either) they will be competing with the Cardinals with Hammel and Hendricks on the mound, before Arrieta is likely to start again. I love the idea of the young players getting valuable playoff experience, but with only 2 starting pitchers you can feel confident should give the team a good chance to win (Arrieta more so) I am not thinking 2015 World Series. 2016, after adding another good starting pitcher....much more realistic.
This isn't hard to figure out.
Here is the NL playoff schedule.
Wed Oct 7th WC game = Arrieta
Fri Oct 9th NLDS game 1 = Lester
Sat Oct 10th NLDS game 2 = Shit Bum #1
Mon Oct 12 NLDS game 3 = Arrieta
Tues Oct 13 NLDS game 4 = Shit Bum #2
Thurs Oct 15 NLDS game 5 = Lester
Sure you would love to have 4 games from Arrieta and Lester, but it isn't like Haren, Hendricks, and Hammel are starting 5 games between them. They would have three games started by their #1 and #2. And two of the first three.