March 28, 201214 yr Looks like it will be Danks vs Lewis Peavy vs Holland Floyd vs Harrison Darvish is more than likely 4th for the Rangers. It also appears the Sox will get the Indians 4th and 5th starters, and Masterson--which may explain why Ubaldo started against the Sox yesterday. And there's a decent chance the Sox will miss Verlander in the opening series at home.
March 28, 201214 yr Don't think that we use off days to skip a starter. Like sometimes you skip your fifth starter as long as you don't have five games in a row without an offday. And sometime you can skip a starter turn b/c of rainouts/snowouts in April. I think that is good especially in the beginning of the season. I know that guys usually like to pitch every 5th day but with Sale trying to get into the groove and Peavy trying to start healthy..this should be a good rotation. And we have some insurance in our pen and/or AAA with Axelrod, Stewart, and eventually...hopefully soon Molina. Edited March 28, 201214 yr by sunofgold
March 28, 201214 yr QUOTE (sunofgold @ Mar 28, 2012 -> 04:30 PM) Don't think that we use off days to skip a starter. Like sometimes you skip your fifth starter as long as you don't have five games in a row without an offday. And sometime you can skip a starter turn b/c of rainouts/snowouts in April. I think that is good especially in the beginning of the season. I know that guys usually like to pitch every 5th day but with Sale trying to get into the groove and Peavy trying to start healthy..this should be a good rotation. And we have some insurance in our pen and/or AAA with Axelrod, Stewart, and eventually...hopefully soon Molina. We've got 3 guys in the rotation who are at least question marks in terms of how many innings they can take, and a 7 man bullpen out of the gate (and I think very few april offdays). They might skip starts for Sale in June-on when his arm does start tiring out, and if Humber or Peavy obviously start breakidn down after that point they might do that, but they're not going to skip a start on "Sale" and wind up having it mean that Peavy and Humber have to go on normal rest when they could get an extra offday.
March 29, 201214 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 28, 2012 -> 12:45 PM) Danks vs Lewis Peavy vs Holland Floyd vs Harrison This is official now.
March 29, 201214 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 29, 2012 -> 04:52 PM) This is official now. I am a little bit worried about Danks in that first game. First opening day start and playing against his ex-team. Hope that I am wrong. Win that first game and we can win that series.
March 30, 201214 yr QUOTE (sunofgold @ Mar 29, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) I am a little bit worried about Danks in that first game. First opening day start and playing against his ex-team. Hope that I am wrong. Win that first game and we can win that series. I don't think Danks pitched even one inning for the Rangers. It's tough to say that having been in their minors will add any pressure to the game.
March 30, 201214 yr Author QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 29, 2012 -> 08:07 PM) I don't think Danks pitched even one inning for the Rangers. It's tough to say that having been in their minors will add any pressure to the game. He pitched half a season at AAA was the highest he got with Texas.
March 30, 201214 yr QUOTE (sunofgold @ Mar 29, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) I am a little bit worried about Danks in that first game. First opening day start and playing against his ex-team. Hope that I am wrong. Win that first game and we can win that series. Danks hasn't been bad against the Rangers. He's got a 3.81 ERA against them in his career. I remember him throwing some gems in Texas. Edited March 30, 201214 yr by chw42
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