How do you guys feel about giving B Mac a few starts and going with a 6 man rotation to take some of the burden off the starters' arms? Is it too late in the season? would the longer rest between starts screw them up even worse? Would it tinker too much with guys like Garland and Contreras who are throwing well?

How do you guys feel about giving B Mac a few starts and going with a 6 man rotation to take some of the burden off the starters' arms? Is it too late in the season? would the longer rest between starts screw them up even worse? Would it tinker too much with guys like Garland and Contreras who are throwing well?

The worry with that plan right now is that, as others have pointed out, BMac is only stretched out to throw something like 60-70 pitches right now. So in other words, we'd be taking 1 pitcher out of our bullpen, and simultaneously, we'd wind up creating a game where our bullpen needs to throw 5-6 innings.

The worry with that plan right now is that, as others have pointed out, BMac is only stretched out to throw something like 60-70 pitches right now. So in other words, we'd be taking 1 pitcher out of our bullpen, and simultaneously, we'd wind up creating a game where our bullpen needs to throw 5-6 innings.

If the Sox really wanted to risk it, they could go with a Haeger or Phillips for a couple of starts, send B-Mac back down to AAA to let him start, or even keep him in the bullpen to let him keep doing what he's doing basically.

 

The idea still has merit when you look at how Freddy has pitched lately.

If the Sox really wanted to risk it, they could go with a Haeger or Phillips for a couple of starts, send B-Mac back down to AAA to let him start, or even keep him in the bullpen to let him keep doing what he's doing basically.

 

The idea still has merit when you look at how Freddy has pitched lately.

If you're considering bringing up a kid to spot-start...the one thing you really need to make sure you have in your bullpen is a long-man. So Mac doesn't move, IMO. And I can't think of anyone who really has any options left that we could spare, unless we're sending someone to the DL. You sending Jenks back down to make room for that starter?

 

Maybe in September when the rosters expand...but at that point, either the season's over or the season's ungodly tight, and if the season is ungodly tight, do you want to throw in a guy making his 2nd ML start? Jerry Manuel and Neal Cotts have a few stories on how that worked out.

How about when the rosters expand in September, we call up a starter or 2 and piggyback them with someone else?? And we should do that w/ McCarth/Vazquez right now

If the Sox really wanted to risk it, they could go with a Haeger or Phillips for a couple of starts, send B-Mac back down to AAA to let him start, or even keep him in the bullpen to let him keep doing what he's doing basically.

 

The idea still has merit when you look at how Freddy has pitched lately.

 

Freddy has his work cut out for him his next 3 starts. If he does poorly in all of them, there's going to be a lot of talk about him getting replaced by McCarthy and then traded in the offseason.