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2724456, maybe he should take PEDs like Pettitte to improve his recovery time
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Tue Oct-27-20 06:20 PM
>He isn’t a Andy Petite, Madbum, or an Orel Hershiser. If he

Tommy rode Orel to a championship and his arm was shot after age 30 as a result.

>can’t locate that slider in the PO, he gets nervous. So he
>starts to go to the fastball and gets rocked. ...Chris Sale
>gets into the same type of trouble when his slider isn’t
>working, but he has an 100 mph fastball to get out of jams.

Sale has a career 5.76 postseason ERA.


>I would give him a mandatory 6 inning schedule, bring in
>middle relief for 2-3innings, then go to my closer. I’ve
>seen the manager wait until he gets into serious trouble to
>yank him...bases are often juiced, putting pressure on the
>next picture.

yeah we all agree on this.


>His PO pitching is too weak to push anything past 6or 7
>innings...I don’t care how lights he is.

he closed out Milwaukee in the WC with 8 shutout innings + 13Ks. If he's rolling he can still go 7-8 innings. But generally speaking 6 innings, which is pretty standard in today's game even for #1 starters.