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CBeisbol · 12-01-2020, 07:56 PM

Game 3 Cubs at Dodgers

Today's starting pitchers are Greg Maddux (R) (24-8, 168 ERA+, 55 FIP-) and Pedro Astacio (R) (11-10, 156 ERA+, 81 FIP-)

The first question was who was going to be the starter. Orel Hershiswer or Pedro Astacio. We chose Astacio because, with Maddux on the mound this looks like the hardest game for us to win. Hershiser and Astacio are, in our minds, roughly equivilant pitchers but Orel has a bit better control, which, as mentioned previously, we think will play better vs the Cubs' lineup. So, we're not punting this game, but trying to maximize our possibility of winning the series. Slightly confounding is that if the series goes 7 games, we'll have this matchup again.

The lineup, we go with the same lineup as Game 2, for, largely, the same reasons.

EDIT: 10-10 was the 100th post in the thread. Cool enough

12-01-2020, 07:56 PM	#100
CBeisbol Banned Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Ban land in 3...2... Posts: 2,943	OCTOBER 10th Game 3 Cubs at Dodgers Today's starting pitchers are Greg Maddux (R) (24-8, 168 ERA+, 55 FIP-) and Pedro Astacio (R) (11-10, 156 ERA+, 81 FIP-) The first question was who was going to be the starter. Orel Hershiswer or Pedro Astacio. We chose Astacio because, with Maddux on the mound this looks like the hardest game for us to win. Hershiser and Astacio are, in our minds, roughly equivilant pitchers but Orel has a bit better control, which, as mentioned previously, we think will play better vs the Cubs' lineup. So, we're not punting this game, but trying to maximize our possibility of winning the series. Slightly confounding is that if the series goes 7 games, we'll have this matchup again. The lineup, we go with the same lineup as Game 2, for, largely, the same reasons. EDIT: 10-10 was the 100th post in the thread. Cool enough Attached Images Last edited by CBeisbol; 12-01-2020 at 11:26 PM.