Schilling MUST pitch game one, end of story. He is our only guy capable of going out there on short rest and still pitching well. All we have to do it take one game in Minnesota (assuming we play them), and take one at home. As long as we are in a 2-1 position after three, we WILL win the series. We would have to face Santana in one of those games on short rest, so the other one will be easy.
Pedro MUST pitch game two. Again, we need him for the 2nd series, and you always want to align the rotation so your two best pitchers pitch the most. Pedro hasnt been great, but hes been solid, and that is what we need. The way they are hitting, we can afford pitchers giving up 4 or 5 runs in a game.
Bronson and Lowe/Wake pitch 3-4. I think that only a 4 man rotation would be great. Because if we are forced to a game 5, we would have Schilling then, and still get to start off the ALCS with Pedro, who we must not forget is a Cy Young winner. I think that if we aligned the rotation like this, it would give us the best chance to win. Lowe and Wakefield is a toss up, but I would like to see it be Lowe in the ALDS, and if we play the Yankees in the ALCS I would like to see Lowe in the pen and Wakefield starting, because he usually pitches well against them
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