WC Playoff roster vs KC

[eddie83]

 

12 pitchers. Selby makes it.  

Edited October 1 by eddie83

[eddie83]

No Bowman. 

[MurphDogg]

Selby over Bowman the only surprise.

Royals going with 11 pitchers, while we are going with 12.

[Just Regular]

I like seeing Povich there too in case we end up long extra innings.    It'll probably be Brady Singer and him if the teams are still battling long after Burnes and Ragans are gone.

[Spy Fox]

Still a little confused by how Suarez was handled. 

I guess they are telegraphing that he is SP4 if needed for the longer haul of October, and they only want him to start not relieve? 

[Chromehill]

With Suarez, they need someone to start game 1 on the ALDS.  Makes sense to leave him off the wildcard roster if he cannot be used.  

[eddie83]

KC 

[Spy Fox]

Pasquantino in. Interesting x factor to see how he looks coming in with no rehab after a month off. 

[Uli2001]

2 minutes ago, Chromehill said:

With Suarez, they need someone to start game 1 on the ALDS.  Makes sense to leave him off the wildcard roster if he cannot be used.  

I was under the mistaken impression that the postseason roster had to be set at the beginning of the postseason and could only change due to injury. Did they change the rules?

[Aristotelian]

Did not have Selby on my roster dart board. Hoping for extra organizational revenge juice? Will Selby be rocking a poor taste t-shirt after the Game 3 presser? 

[bpilktree67]

10 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

I was under the mistaken impression that the postseason roster had to be set at the beginning of the postseason and could only change due to injury. Did they change the rules?

You can change the roster after each series.  That way you can matchup lefties and righties depending on a teams strength.  An injury allows you to change mid series with a guy on the 40 man roster.  

[sportsfan8703]

22 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Selby over Bowman the only surprise.

Royals going with 11 pitchers, while we are going with 12.

I wouldn’t fret over relievers. We probably only need like 7 outs from them this series. 

[Just Regular]

1 minute ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I wouldn’t fret over relievers. We probably only need like 7 outs from them this series. 

Burnes and Eflin do their jobs well enough, that statement might actually apply to Dean Kremer, if necessary, Thursday.

The bullpen's gas tank could be anywhere around sundown tomorrow.

[Tony-OH]

Selby over Bowman is a bit of a surprise, but Selby has looked good in his few outings with us and was with KC at the start of the season, so maybe he's here to give any inside information about the team. Who knows. I kind of feel bad for Bowman though since he's pitched well here besides that awful outing against the Yankees. 

But hey, it's the last reliever role so can't really fret over it. 

 

[Moshagge3]

26 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Selby over Bowman the only surprise.

Royals going with 11 pitchers, while we are going with 12.

The thinking might be that against the Royals, a team of slap hitters that don't strike out much, a guy who throws upper 90s might be effective than a lower 90s guy who relies on deception.