..That comes to eight games in the next six days for the Cubs.
How long does it take for a "stretched out" guy to get "unstretched"?
In summer camp, the story was that we'd need multi-inning relievers, and relievers were being stretched out to that effect. But given that the rotation has been giving ≥6 innings with only a couple of extensions, I think there have been only a couple of relief 2-inning efforts, and I'm not sure any with >7 batters.
So will guys who were stretched out to be able to go 2-3 in summer camp still have that capacity, perhaps even more so because they are now so well rested? Or will 3 weeks of non-use have removed it?
That will be interesting and fun, and maybe a nice opportunity to see some of the reliever mish-mash.
We've got 9 relievers. *IF* the regular starter was able to give ≥5 innings in each of the M-T-W days, that could leave like ≤9, 2, and 9 innings to pick up on those days. If a couple guys could go an extra inning (starters included), I'd think Ross has the numbers to make this work without excess stress.
Might be a cool opportunity for Colin Rea to maybe get a start and see if he might go 3 or 4. I assume he was stretching for rotation work at South Bend?
*I wonder if they'll try to rush Quintana back to start one of those?
*Or perhaps call up Alzolay to start one of them?