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Kershaw was getting that call today too, but now the announcers are going to mention it.
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Could easily want 2 innings out of each of them tomorrow and again on Monday. Better to err on the side of rest for your best relievers when you have a chance to. Knebel has worked 2 innings exactly 1 time in 2018. He's a lot more of a 3-4 out, multiple days in a row guy.
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I'm fairly certain he would still have been available tomorrow after 2 innings and 28 pitches. There is almost no chance he would have been. I like the decision to go 3 if it were say 3-1, at 5-1 I think they should have pulled him after 1. Hader pitching back to back ever is avoided when possible, but he has pitched consecutive days after throwing 24 during the regular season. In the NLCS in extreme circumstances I'd bet very heavily that 2 innings and 28 pitches doesn't make Hader unavailable the next day especially with a day off following.
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If they are willing to throw Hader 3 I’m guessing there’s no messing around. Burnes for 2 would be an option too. But I agree with Joey, going to Knebel or Jeffress or Soria for 1 inning at most each is not going to hurt anything or affect their availability for tomorrow in any way. These guys are all very well rested.
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Cripes, this guy was in the AS game and the #1 seeded player in the HR Derby. This is not Andy Wilkins.
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I'm fairly certain he would still have been available tomorrow after 2 innings and 28 pitches.
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I would not totally write off Hader being used tomorrow, if only for 1 batter and he's feeling up to it. Example Bellinger comes up in the 8th with the bases loaded and 2 out with a 1 run lead. Maybe not but I could see it this time of year.
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To me it just wouldn't make sense otherwise. 3 pinch hitters available and leading off. Why would you risk injury to Hader there batting him if you didn't plan to use him?
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I think CC is just saving a pinch hitter. Hader won't pitch the 7th. Why? Granderson, Kratz, Schoop, all still available. Not the pitcher I'd like to even take a chance at getting hurt on a pitch inside. You could put any pitcher in to bat there.
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Just needed to get ramped up. Really no need for alarm. Is this the every game fear where we falsely believe each reliever is going to have TJ surgery the next game? A little early tonight I'll say Someone earlier this year quoted a talk radio guy who said every pitcher needs to go out and get TJ surgery early in their career. That it is something that just has to be done before a pitcher can move forward in their career.
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Is that really true, though? The only time I've seen Hader really get in trouble is when he gets behind in too many counts, has to abandon his slider and grooves a FB. I haven't really noticed any difference in how much a team has seen him. When he's on it doesn't really make a difference.
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But we have other good relievers besides him too. I do appreciate that we aren't taking a 4 run lead for granted. The Dodgers have a good enough offense to erase that in a hurry.
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I love Hader in the pen. LOVE HIM. I'm not going to lie and say the idea of him as a starter doesn't intrigue me. He could literally be our version of Kershaw (well, not tonight's Kershaw ... the good one). I've been back and forth on this but I don't think they'll mess with a good thing. Besides, the 2018 Brewers have pretty much defied the idea that you can't win without starting pitching. I think they'll continue to focus on their pen and continue to blur the lines between starter and reliever.
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Hader is going to be available for tomorrow night regardless. He just had 5 days off, and this is the playoffs.
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Credit where due, big hit Braun! I'll take anything with RISP this series.
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WOW. Yeah, that's clearly not cool/legal. Pretty sure pitcher can use pine tar now. Wasn’t that a recent rule change? Not that I've heard. It's always been a "we don't really care until you make it obvious" thing. Will Smith got busted for it as a Brewer.
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WOW. Yeah, that's clearly not cool/legal. It's Clayton Kershaw though. They won't do jack.
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While the Brewers August rotation numbers were some of the worst in baseball to boot. That is a mystery that will never be solved. Do they maybe see him as a pen guy rather than a workhorse starter? My only guess here.
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Yeah I would probably hold off on Hader too. I guess he's probably got it mapped out for Hader to throw the 5th and 6th, then some combination of Soria, Burnes, Knebel and Jeffress for the 7th thru 9th?
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How did Brandon Woodruff spend most of 2018 in Colorado Springs?
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Come on Perez! Make CC look like a genius!
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Problem against LHP is your options get pretty limited after Cain and Yelich.
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Braun. Come on, man. Step it up.