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It’s going to be Burnes. I’m kind of surprised that anyone would really think otherwise.

orioles119
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Welcome to 0-1 then.

oriolefan1035
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This is such a contrarian exercise undermining Corbin Burnes total body of work. It’s easily Corbin Burnes. Also the only one of our guys who has solid post-season numbers on his resume. He’s been in

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10 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

 

No one has said this. 

What do you think happens to SP4 through the first couple rounds of the playoffs?

Anyone who is saying Eflin, G-Rod, Suarez as SP1-SP3 is implicitly saying Burnes starts the playoffs pitching out of the pen (if that). Maybe he grabs a start in the ALCS if we get desperate. That’s what SP4 in the playoff rotation means.

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28 minutes ago, e16bball said:

What do you think happens to SP4 through the first couple rounds of the playoffs?

Anyone who is saying Eflin, G-Rod, Suarez as SP1-SP3 is implicitly saying Burnes starts the playoffs pitching out of the pen (if that). Maybe he grabs a start in the ALCS if we get desperate. That’s what SP4 in the playoff rotation means.

Maybe I missed it, but I haven’t seen anyone say that. I’m going Eflin, Suarez, Burnes. Depends on how they’re all throwing in a few weeks, too.   So it’s subject to change.

I don’t trust G-rods injury. 

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Burnes wasn't great today but did limit the damage. Had some lucky hits and poor defense. Got his electric stuff going in the 5th. His velocity is there. 

At the end of the day both Burnes and Eflin will pitch twice in a seven game series, it doesn't really matter who is 1 or 2. Only way Burnes drops to 3-4 or out of the rotation is if he is hurt.

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3 hours ago, oriolefan1035 said:

This is such a contrarian exercise undermining Corbin Burnes total body of work. It’s easily Corbin Burnes. Also the only one of our guys who has solid post-season numbers on his resume. He’s been in a rut lately, but the velocity and spin rates are still there. He’ll be fine, and he’s starting game 1 with Eflin behind him for game 2.

Pitching is about more than velocity and spin rate. Burnes’ lack of command today meant he had to throw 89 pitches (53 strikes) to get through 5 innings against a AAA lineup. If any of his last five starts had been game 1 of a playoff series we’d have almost certainly been down 0-1 in that series. Now, Burnes may regain his command between now and October, but if he doesn’t then he shouldn’t be our game 1 starter. 

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If things keep trending the way that they are it should definitely be Eflin. The stolen bases that Burnes allows would be more exacerbated in the playoffs. Burnes has allowed 38 stolen bases this season and there has been 5 against Eflin. 

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Unless he makes a dramatic turnaround this month or GRod can’t go (or isn’t effective upon his return), I’m going with Eflin, Suarez, GRod.  
 

What he’s done in the past doesn’t mean much to me if he ends the season ineffective for 2 months.   Go with your hottest players with momentum 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, phxosfan said:

If things keep trending the way that they are it should definitely be Eflin. The stolen bases that Burnes allows would be more exacerbated in the playoffs. Burnes has allowed 38 stolen bases this season and there has been 5 against Eflin. 

Wait until we end up playing KC

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5 minutes ago, Wavetrapper said:

Unless he makes a dramatic turnaround this month or GRod can’t go (or isn’t effective upon his return), I’m going with Eflin, Suarez, GRod.  
 

What he’s done in the past doesn’t mean much to me if he ends the season ineffective for 2 months.   Go with your hottest players with momentum 

 

 

Burnes allowed 3 homers in his playoff start last year. Does it really matter that he was good in the playoffs in 2018 and 2021?

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