Yeah based on that chart above there isn't a single guy besides Rolison I'd feel totally comfortable using. Taillon for 4, Rolison for 3, Carson Kelly for 1, Rolison gets put out to pasture and we find another Rolison for the next time this happens.
7-1 home stand, we beat up an elite lefty starter, and our thus far walk prone new pitching addition went 7 innings without throwing one. In the worst case here.
9-1-2 in the 9th, I will take one strikeout, one hard hit ball right at someone, and one terrifying fly ball that lands in Happ's glove a step in front of the tracks please.
Streaming era pro: I can watch this game on my phone at my desk
Streaming era cons: Pretty much everything else but also seeing posts like this and thinking I'm a minute behind and just waiting for an error that (thankfully) never came
We're probably still going to win because we're a really good baseball team but we're also currently built to drop a few of these types of games. Doing it after a 8 game win streak against two projected playoff teams is just not something I'm going to let ruin my day.
At the same time, come on Alex.
If he wants to keep himself in shape I'm sure his ability to eat innings for the minimum will have some appeal come July when the 5-6 non contending teams do mass sell offs.
Or he could just take the $110m he's made in his career and ride off into the sunset.
No game thread up yet but giving PCA the day off against Sanchez and letting Shaw try out CF. Also going Amaya at DH, so avoiding LH hitters as much as possible (besides Kingery, sorry buddy, better luck next time).