 This was supposed to be a bullpen game and the bullpen game in my opinion benefits the Yankees although the Astros relievers have done a good job I think the Yankees set up for bullpen game better than the Astros. So who would they have? Who would they have started? It would probably be Chad Green the Yankees and they would start a quitty And then after that who would get the bulk that would be interesting would it be Jay Hap would they have gone? With a cc. Sabathia a lot of ways they could have gone And then game 5 Would have been Tanaka on full rest right against cranky on full rest Advantage Yankees, so there's a good chance you could go to Houston three games or two now with the rain out the bullpen games out Granky starts tomorrow against Tanaka, right? You can still say advantage Yankees. Yes then on Friday at 7 0 7 Game 5 Will now be Verlander on full rest on full rest against Paxton now if you want to slanted toward the Yankees You say well Paxton's better at home So it's a good thing he won't be pitching in Houston and Verlander is better in Houston Then he is on the road But Verlander is still Verlander on full rest against Paxton who pits two and a third innings last time out Now game six it gets interesting. Okay, then that's a bullpen game Unless the Astros want to start Garrett Cole on three days rest I can't imagine them doing that if they're up three games or two Right if they're down three games or two Maybe you do start Garrett Cole and maybe he's not nearly the pitcher that he is on full rest We saw what happened with Verlander The Yankees at this point with game six would have to do a bullpen because you're not going to start Severino on Short rest right and Severino now becomes your game seven starter probably against Cole But the biggest negative for the Yankees in my opinion is that they will now play four straight games Now one relief pitcher in their bullpen now one Has ever pitched more than two days in a row They have not gotten length out of their pay out of their starters the best start was by Tanaka 68 pitches over six innings and he was taken out because he ran out of gas not because of that third time Through the order. He was tired after 68 pitches So let's say he gives them six innings again. You're gonna get three innings out of your bullpen Yep, and one of the guys that are important to you Out of you know is not pitched well. No then You've got Paxton Who only gave you two and a third innings last time out? You might have to fill seven innings or six innings if he does the same thing again out of your bullpen Then there's a game the next night with no risk because you're flying to Houston and so it's Houston They have the same deal and you probably have to do a bullpen game Are you gonna push them the three days in a row all of a sudden? Are you even gonna push them the four days in a row? Well, how do you avoid it? I don't know how do you avoid it? I don't know if you can because all right with Tanaka. You're still likely gonna have to get nine outs out of the bullpen and it's not just like the old days where I'm just gonna go to my bullpen It's about matchups So if you want to play the analytic game of the lefty versus lefty play all of the analytics making sure you've got the best Pitcher and the best matchup you're likely gonna go deep into your bullpen every single game How do you avoid having guys like Adavido guys like Britain guys like Green not pitch all four of Those days if you're gonna try to win this series possibly in seven and even if you do it And of course they're gonna be willing to do it. Oh, yeah It's a high are they gonna be as effective and and the answer is probably no Because the Yankees have assiduously avoided pitching guys three days in a row So the most they've ever pitched is two days in a row. You're asking them to double that at the highest pressure Imaginable, that's why I don't think this rain out benefits the Yankees. I'm sorry. It just doesn't know if they're up two games To one maybe all you're asking them is to do it two days at a row you win two games And then you win the series but now you're gonna have to do it three days in a row have to if you win If you want to win the series if you win three games in a row, then you know what the pitch of game seven But if there's a game seven you can ask them to do it four days in a row, right? So what if all of these games these next two games are close games yet? They're bringing Chapman in the ninth inning. Is he gonna pitch a third day in a row? I think he would but the question is He's not he's not been trained for it and is he going to be as effective, right? But are you gonna have to now maybe break some rules with Tanaka and just say if the exact same scenario happens where? He goes six inning 68 pitches. You think he's kind of losing it. You can't take a chance I'm gonna have to push him. I'm gonna have to have him go out there in the seventh inning I'm gonna have to try to steal outs so I can avoid having to use some people in that game And God forbid if Tanaka blows up or if you get a Paxton situation where you can't make it out of the second inning You're in trouble. You're in a lot of trouble trouble You're gonna have to then turn to a Sabathi or a Hap well, yeah, then that's what you do You would have to do that but then that kills your your bullpen day in game six You know what I mean? I mean there's so many there are so many potholes for the Yankees here. You can't control mother nature It's gonna rain. It's raining right now as I stepped into the building So it's gonna rain tonight. It's a hundred percent chance and baseball did the smart thing