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craig

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2745 on: August 14, 2020, 09:21:27 am »
Thanks.  So then we'll have 10 non-rotation guys available for each of those days, including some "stretched" guys. 

might not be too bad at all.  Probably the key is that the rotation starters keep plugging away.  Chatwood got hammered last time, and Lester and Mills are probably both subject to pretty short starts *if* their stuff is off. 

But otherwise, a double-header is maybe like a 14-inning extra-inning game?  Only much less stressful, both because you have the extra pitcher available, and you know it's going 14 in advance, so you can pace your relievers accordingly, as opposed to 3 pitchers in the 9th and 2 more in the 10th and then running out of pitchers as the game extends unpredictably.  Plus with DH, *IF* you've got a guy who can extend for an extra inning or two, you don't need to pull him for a pinch hitter. 

Should be fun, I think!