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Originally Posted by spitfire
Could be wrong, but wasn't Billy Martin the last manager to use a 4-man rotation when he was in Oakland? Seem to recall that they got through the season ok, but that every one of his starters developed arm trouble not long afterward. If my memory is accurate (and that's a big if ......  ), that may have served as a cautionary tale against using the smaller rotation in today's game. |
And if my memory is accurate, the Nationals have had a 5 man rotation ever since being in Washington and last year every single starter spent time on the DL. [EDIT: Nope, my memory isn't accurate. It was 2007 I was thinking of, but not all 5 spent time on the DL. Only 4 of the 5]
Guess the 5 man is no good either.
Have to expand the rosters to 30, and have a pitcher throw once a week I guess.
Course they'll get hurt then too, so then we'll expand it to.............