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Originally Posted by Mike D
SAT Game #2@BOS: David Price
SUN TRAVEL DAY
MON Game #3@TBY: Alex Cobb (just got my tix for this one.)
TUE Game #4@TBY: Chris Archer
THU TRAVEL DAY
FRI Game #5@BOS: David Price
I'm making some assumptions on the 2nd travel day...so if that's right I will assume we'll just avoid Hellickson and go back to Price. That's a lot of pressure to put on him, but hey, he knows how to handle this better than anybody so he might just pull of the upset two'fer in Boston.
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2nd travel day + Game 5 are moved up a day, but that's what I would have assumed for TB's rotation as well. However, now that they've pitched Chris Archer in relief (and really, mop-up duty), it would strongly imply that they're planning to pitch Hellickson or Matt Moore on 3 days rest there in Game 4... neither of which make much sense to me. I know Moore's previous success against Boston (and Boston's lower hitting stats vs. lefties), but he hasn't been the same pitcher since coming off the DL. Only getting past the 5th inning once in 7 starts now, 22 BB in 23.2 IP and lower fastball velocity. Hellickson 43 IP, 36 ER since the trade deadline, Archer 60 IP, 28 ER in that time frame (and that cuts out his brilliant July with 37 IP, 3 ER). I mean, Price scares me, but it doesn't seem like TB/Maddon is maximizing its chance to get to that Game 5.
(After checking, looks like Maddon said it'd be Hellickson in Game 4.)