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Montana 16 asked in SportsBaseball · 8 years ago

Assuming the Pirates win the NL Central what would their rotation look like?

Disclaimer: I am not a Pirates fan but wow their pitching looked good against my Cardinals (aside from last night). Wild card would obviously skew this.

I would go with:

1. Liriano

2. Locke

3. Burnett

If they make NLCS I might add Cole as 4th starter unless they are trailing. Cumpton pitched well but there is not much of a sample size to go by. Morton got bombed last night.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Even though that's in the right order from best to good, I would say Burnett, liriano, and then Locke because even though Burnett is not the ace he's the only pitcher whose ever been in the playoffs before so he would be the least likely to feel pressure

  • 8 years ago

    I wouldn't have Liriano start game 1. Even though Liriano is having a fantastic season I don't think he would be able to handle the pressure of a Game 1. I'd probably have Burnett go first, followed by Liriano and then Locke.

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