The team needs to put their nerds to work here. The considerations would be something like:
Dickey
expected ERA = 3.9ish? +
Dickey effect for bullpen and Price (but weakened for Price because of the day off)
Price
expected ERA = 3.2ish + some kind of signficant penalty for going on three days rest
And it's not just Dickey vs. Price. You have to consider that rested Price + Dickey effect is better than rested Stroman with no Dickey effect in game 5.
I'm still pretty dubious about Rogers being wiling to take payroll to another level. Hidden beneath the feel-good deadline additions were Revere's salary being covered by Philadelphia and Valencia and his salary being shown the door. I think it will be surprising if they're above ~130 next year. Watching them maneuver this will be the most interesting thing to follow over the next 15-16 months.
Holland hasn't really been Holland this year though. I know Lewis sucks, but I'd rather have a s***** RHP than a s***** LHP start against Toronto. If I'm Texas I close it out with Perez, then Lewis, then Hamels and use Holland in the pen.
No, that's not what's happening at all. They are as good as people thought they were. Good teams sometimes lose games to mediocre teams. Playoffs are a crapshoot.
He might be out, but the call on the field wasn't egregious, and there isn't conclusive evidence to have the call overturned. I hope this doesn't turn into years of 'MLB hates Canada' whining.