What this ultimately boils down to is Yost deciding to pitch McClung against the Cardinals and get Bush two starts at home against the Astros and Cubs, while watching Suppan make a couple of starts to see if he's healthy and effective. If the home/road platoon thing lasts into August, then you have to question what Yost is thinking. I'm hoping that by then it's obvious what 5 pitchers the team wants to roll with the rest of the season. Exactly. You have somewhat of an unknown in Suppan right now. If he can't turn it around he's probably the one who will have to take the demotion to the pen, and to hell with salaries. I don't think it will come to that however. I think Soupp is going to be fine, beginning with his start tomorrow against his old team. Then Bush will take over the 5 spot and McClung will go back to the pen. This won't last the rest of the season, it's just a way to weed out one of them. Unless Bush and McClung both pitch great in these roles, then the Crew should be in first place, so don't mess with a good thing in that case. So let's see what happens. Regardless of how dumb you may think Yost is, he's not going to stick with this for very long if it's not working.