Six Man Rotations

[jerb]

 

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Gibby said #bluejays are considering possibly going with 6-man rotation in May when they've got 20 games in a row. Maybe in June, too.

[jerb]

 

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Not carved in stone yet but #BlueJays have discussed using Happ for series opener in Philly at beginning of May

[Frenchsoup]

 

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Gibby said #bluejays are considering possibly going with 6-man rotation in May when they've got 20 games in a row. Maybe in June, too.

 

Why? because we are to stupid to drop one of our long men?

[Atothe]

ugh smh

[TheHurl]

[Governator]

C'mon... Dickey & Buerhle are men and can handle that workload just fine. If you want to do something split the 5th starter role but don't take away everyone else's innings.

[bendera3]

I remember last year they had that stretch where Rogers and Perez were piggybacked and it actually worked out very well. They should just piggyback Rogers, Happ and Redmond. Give the rest of the bullpen a day off and prevent those guys from seeing the whole lineup multiple times.

 

I agree with this. Keep guys kinda happy and give the pen a day off while "hopefully" making each more efficient. I like

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

I remember last year they had that stretch where Rogers and Perez were piggybacked and it actually worked out very well. They should just piggyback Rogers, Happ and Redmond. Give the rest of the bullpen a day off and prevent those guys from seeing the whole lineup multiple times.

 

I had suggested this awhile back go 5/4 split more to the starter if he is dealing it in any given game! Something like

Hutch/Happ,Morrow/Rogers and McGowan/Redmond might work out just fine! Not apposed to McGowan Redmond alternating starts even ! Even if at the worse you have 2 guys to cover the other two starters and two closers! Question is who goes then now and when Janssen is ready?

[Dylan]

Why?? We struggle as it is to find 4 quality starters lol

[Eragon]

 

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Gibby said #bluejays are considering possibly going with 6-man rotation in May when they've got 20 games in a row. Maybe in June, too.

 

Only an idiotic and/or desperate organization would allow this.

[GoldBull]

Let's add a below replacement level pitcher into the rotation, taking more time from actually effective pitchers. How could this go wrong?

[Eragon]

Let's add a below replacement level pitcher into the rotation, taking more time from actually effective pitchers. How could this go wrong?

 

People underestimate the value of being able to pitch frequently (but also not too frequently)... there's a fine line between pitching too much and too little. 6 man means you're pitching too little. Like a pinch hitter, hard to really capitalize on your abilities that way.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Eragon

[G-Snarls]

 

Except it's not true. Jays SP is 1st or 2nd in ERA in the AL East

[Atothe]

Except it's not true. Jays SP is 1st or 2nd in ERA in the AL East

 

She clearly has a bias toward the jays, her rays lovefest is annoying

[John_Havok]

Except it's not true. Jays SP is 1st or 2nd in ERA in the AL East

 

Quoting ERA ???? BAN!

 

4th in the division in xFIP, just to throw that out there.

[bendera3]

I think a 6 man rotation would be kinda silly considering that we really only have a couple decent starters. I like to idea of piggybacking two long men to help save the pen during this time. A Mac/Happ/Redmond in some combination might be more effective than just one of them starting and going 6 or 7 innings.

[jays_fever]

Yep we continue to make jokes that every week they find something new to f*** up and every week they continue to do so

[G-Snarls]

I think a 6 man rotation would be kinda silly considering that we really only have a couple decent starters. I like to idea of piggybacking two long men to help save the pen during this time. A Mac/Happ/Redmond in some combination might be more effective than just one of them starting and going 6 or 7 innings.

 

Agree with this

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

High on Greek Slovakia is the root cause of this! Damn it and f*** you AA!

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Can't see how this will not completely screw the pen.Drive the final nail into them and season right now, wtf ! So instead of four pitches barely pitching 5 innings,let's try five! How could this fail? Lol

[John_Havok]

I dunno, putting more crappy starters in between your good ones doesn't sound like a good plan to me.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Greece and Slovakia are two different countries.

 

Damn auto correct got me!

[Fearthedoc]

Lets keep softening it up for pitchers! Maybe one day we can have a season where pitchers throw every 10 days, and are limited to pitch counts of 55.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Surprised they have not thought of using dickey as the long man he probably could pitch 3 innings every other day! Is there a reverse dickey effect that would happen? We could get a way with a 5-6 man pen. And have 15 or 14 man bench!