#1 is the key...it plays to the strength of the team...IF you are using the right guys..Now, realistically & hypothetically speaking, if it was doable and you wanted a bullpen day you would use NO ONE other than Soria, Knebel, Jeffress, Hader...THAT's the TRUE strength of the team...those 4. At some point you HAVE to use lessor bullpen arms than those 4, and the #'s would say it is MORE likely to blow up in your face at some point, then not. I'm not a Wade Miley truther by any stretch, but...he deserves a start..the guy has done NOTHING to not deserve one. 3 or less earned runs in every single start this year?? I figured for sure, he'd start game 1(it's his turn in the rotation), Gio game 2, Chacin game 3. Bullpen when necessary. I think(but hope not) this is Counsell getting too cute with things. There is no tomorrow now, this is the playoffs, it's win or go home. I said it before and I will say it again, it's like Counsell is managing this like he EXPECTS to lose a game in this series...why not try to end it in 3??