Vote: Who starts a 1-game Wild Card game?

[SAAviour]

I'd go Stroman, but Sanchez and Happ are good picks to, and if Estrada picks it up he'd be worthy as well....this all tells me our pitching is better then Boston and this will be a non issue, and thank god for that cause I could not handle watching a wild card game with the Jays in it!!!

[Spanky99]

The pitcher lined up.

[G-Snarls]

The pitcher lined up.

 

In all honesty, I'd be happy with any of the 4 so yes, whoever is lined up on normal rest is fine by me. I wouldn't f*** with the rotation the last week in order to line a particular starter up.

 

What a nice situation to be in actually

[THANOS]

You don't think Martin would catch the WC game? WTF.

 

Injuries are a thing, you never know.

[Brownie19]

Why not? Gibbons needs to rest him for the next game.

 

Da F? You want to rest Martin in a winner take all 1 game playoff? GTFO.

[baseballsss]

Da F? You want to rest Martin in a winner take all 1 game playoff? GTFO.

 

Probably not but Gibbons is retarded and prob does ha

[UWHabs]

I'd be very tempted to plan on tag-teaming 2 of our starters. I really don't trust the pen all that much, so I'd be very tempted to plan for Happ or Stroman to pitch for the first 1 or 2 times through the order, then move to Sanchez for the next time through, then off to the bullpen after. With playoff off-days, it probably doesn't even really screw that much with the rotation that we'd use for the division series either.

[Cyborg]

Who does start it? Happ. Who should? Stroman.

 

Should really piggyback two or three of them in a one game scenario.

 

But this is irrelevant.

[gbill2004]

I'd go with Dirty Sanchez.

[STLJaysFan]

The thing is, the last few games of the regular season may also be do or die to even make the wildcard game, and so you may have to use your best pitchers THEN just to get to that one-game wild-card, so you'll pretty much have to use whoever is the most rested at that time for that game.

[Jimcanuck]

Don't know why Sanchez is leading

 

Stroman has more post season experience and will handle the pressure better

 

Also, Stro has 3 WAR, Sanchez 3.7 WAR but by the time the season is done they will be essentially tied

 

Go with the hot hand

[bones10]

Gotta go With Stroman I think... Sanchez wavering towards the end of the season.

[G-Snarls]

OK so maybe not Happ

[gbill2004]

I'd start Biagini.

[Jonn]

Whoever is on 4 days rest not named Dickey

[THANOS]

Stroman is my pick. BABIP aside, the guy is trending more positively than anyone else in the rotation right now.

[JoeCarter]

While it's a defeatist way to consider the question, the way I think about it is this: who could I "stand" losing with? i.e. Which guy(s) would I not have any misgivings about having started, even if he goes out there and gets lit up? For me that quickly narrows it down to Stroman or Sanchez. Start either of those guys and I'll live with the result, without second guessing whether I gave the ball to the right guy. And God bless Estrada / Happ for what they've given us this year -- we don't even sniff the playoffs without them, knock on wood -- but with Marco's wonky back and Happ's peripherals not being as impressive as his W-L, I don't think I could stomach the thought of a bad start from one of those 2 guys being the last memory of our 2016 season.

 

I give it to Stro.

[ChrisS]

Stro or Sanchez

[glory]

One of Sanchez, Stroman, Estrada, or Happ. Whoever's turn it is.

 

I'm not even worried about setting up Sanchez or Stroman to start that game. Jays have to win the division, or settle for the WC. They'll need all their good pitchers starting until the last game of the season most likely. After that, just leave it up to the randomness of a one game playoff.