Rotation Options (Games 3 through 7)

by grant76 on Oct 11, 2011 10:42 AM CDT

Days rest in parenthesis.

Day	1	2	3
Wednesday	Gallardo	Gallardo	Gallardo
Thursday	Wolf (7)	Wolf (7)	Greinke (3)
Friday	Greinke	Greinke	Wolf (8)
Saturday	-	-	-
Sunday	Marcum	Narveson (?)	Gallardo (3)
Monday	Gallardo	Gallardo	Greinke (3)

This is probably dependent on how the series goes, but I'm going to assume seven games.

Option 1 - Steady as she goes This is the rotation that is obvious and the one that RR seems to be leaning toward. It would be just fine if anybody had confidence that Marcum and Wolf would pitch as we expected based on the regular season.

Option 2 - No more Marcum This might be the most popular option at the moment. Remove Marcum and plug in Narveson, Estrada or a tag team of both. It keeps everyone else on normal rest but hopes for the best in game 6.

Option 3 - Now is the perfect time to panic (I'll rest in the offseason) This is an oddball rotation that features no Marcum and no Narveson. Greinke would have to pitch on short rest twice and Gallardo would pitch on short rest once, but 4 of the last 5 games would be started by the G-men,

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Which option do you like?

1 - Steady as she goes

18 votes

2 - No more Marcum

44 votes

3 - Now is the perfect time to panic

15 votes

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Option 4

I think Gallardo and Wolf are Greinke are probably going to start the next three in that order.

If the Brewers are up 3-2 they would probably go with Marcum on a short leash with Gallardo saved for game 7, but if they are down 3-2 they would almost have to go with Gallardo on short rest for game 6.

Gallardo
Wolf
Greinke
-—-
Gallardo (3)
?

Game 7 would then be Wolf on short rest if he pitched well in game 4 or Marcum/Estrada/Narveson each pitching on an inning-by-inning basis. That one could have 7 or 8 pitchers used in a 9 inning game.

by grant76 on Oct 12, 2011 9:47 AM CDT reply actions

I like this

by cwolf20 on Oct 12, 2011 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Option 2

But with Estrada instead of Narveson. Full explanation at the Brewers Blurb (http://brewersblurb.blogspot.com/2011/10/blurb-1011-no-more-nlcs-starts-for.html)

Nice job with the article, I wish that I had seen that someone else had tackled this issue before I worte my article.

by Brewer 1 Fan on Oct 12, 2011 12:56 PM CDT reply actions

Narveson has been very good against the Cardinals as a starter

He had two starts and one relief appearance against them this season which got him a line of 1-1, 1.20 ERA, 1.067 WHIP

For his career against the Cardinals… 2-2, 3.00 ERA, 1.222 WHIP.

Estrada has never faced the Cardinals as a starter.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Oct 13, 2011 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions

I like coming back with Narveson on Saturday

Righty-Lefty-Righty-Lefty-Rigthy, and Narveson has pitched well vs. the Cardinals. Cards hit lefties poorly enough that I feel fine with Narveson going in game 6 if we’re down 3-2.

by nullacct on Oct 14, 2011 8:15 AM CDT reply actions

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