Shit, we might have 3 good pitchers for the playoffs.

That's all you need.

Granted, the opponent will have 3 good ones as well. But with our offense, we got a shot at this fucking World Series.

It's baseball. I know. But I'm guessing Vegas will have the Sox in the top 4 odds to win it once the playoffs start.

Shit, we might have 3 good pitchers for the playoffs.

That's all you need.

Granted, the opponent will have 3 good ones as well. But with our offense, we got a shot at this fucking World Series.

It's baseball. I know. But I'm guessing Vegas will have the Sox in the top 4 odds to win it once the playoffs start.

It's not like our 1-2 is Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. They aren't going to carry you through 4 rounds of playoffs when going against a good team's 1-2.

Yes, I think Dunning is pretty good and I don't know why the Sox were so reluctant to give him regular starts earlier in the year. He was excellent before the injury and appeared fully recovered by spring training.

Keuchel to the DL.

It's just one start it looks like.

Giolito and Kuechel are pretty good. What American League team has two that are clearly better? If they get Bummer back they also have a bullpen that can lock down games after 6 innings.

Keuchel is already penciled in for the 17th vs Minnesota. This move to the IL was just to add another pitcher until then for the bullpen game that will take up his 1 missed start

Be careful putting all your playoff chips on Keuchel. His peripherals aren't as hot as his ERA. He's averaged 5-2/3 per start and that puts his QS at 44%. His 3rd time through the order numbers blow. And like the rest of the staff, the competition he's faced has mostly been poor.

What I'm saying is the bullpen is as important as Keuchel himself in the games he's going to pitch.

That’s baseball these days though.

Be careful putting all your playoff chips on Keuchel. His peripherals aren't as hot as his ERA. He's averaged 5-2/3 per start and that puts his QS at 44%. His 3rd time through the order numbers blow. And like the rest of the staff, the competition he's faced has mostly been poor.

What I'm saying is the bullpen is as important as Keuchel himself in the games he's going to pitch.

Be careful putting all your playoff chips on Keuchel. His peripherals aren't as hot as his ERA. He's averaged 5-2/3 per start and that puts his QS at 44%. His 3rd time through the order numbers blow. And like the rest of the staff, the competition he's faced has mostly been poor.

What I'm saying is the bullpen is as important as Keuchel himself in the games he's going to pitch.

How often from 2015-2019 did you see starters go beyond 5 innings in the playoffs? Managers seem to like having a quick hook in October so that they can run a man 3 rotation in the playoffs.

Every pitcher sees a major drop off the 3rd time through the order. So much of pitching is deception and that deception is lost mostly when guys have seen your stuff that night.

I think much of that is a mistake to do. Dodgers, Brewers, Cubs, have had zero luck with it. I consider all 3 of those managers idiots.

Once again, this Dunning is pretty good. Not great. But he's good.

So he's the 3rd starter for the playoffs. I'll take that and feel OK.

Going to need at least 4 starters for playoffs. No off days during series until LCS.

Dunning is pretty good. Always injured though.

Dunning is pretty good. Always injured though.

Dunning looks like he at least consumes a salad or two