Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Pirates Turn to Rookie in Important Game
In the most important game since the 1992 NLCS game against the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates head to St. Louis to face the Cardinals in Game 5 of the NLDS. The Pirates will have to figure out away to score some runs against one of the best pitchers in the National League in Adam Wainwright. The Pirates on the other hand are going with highly touted rookie, Gerrit Cole over experienced vetern, AJ Burnett. While I understand they should go with the hot hand and that would be Cole who is 6-0 with a little over a run per game in his last six starts. It is easy to say that you shouldn't pitch AJ Burnett due to his game one start however, I still think that you go with experience and AJ has the big game experience. If AJ were to struggle again early... have Cole warming up in the bullpen ready to go.
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I'm still unsure on who I would personally start, both Cole and Burnett have the potential to pitch great games tonight. The Pirates hopefully can keep the dream alive tonight as we all watch it unfold!
ReplyDeleteIsn't their meaning in the phrase: Experience Counts!, AJ Burnett should have been the starter. There's a reason for why the Cardinals went with Adam Wainwright.
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