Is it Time for Leyland to Go?

[Vinny]

You gotta keep in mind that we have no idea what's going on with these guys. There's very little injury/fatigue info out there in baseball. The pitching thing is kind of silly but I see his point.

[WTFchris]

Fister's been about the best pitcher in the game (he's right there with JV) over the past 5 weeks or so. These guys are totally creatures of habit.

Now we're going to put him out there, cold, in the 5th inning tomorrow.

Brilliant!

I think his plan is more to do with getting Fister in the #2 spot without short resting him or skipping him altogether and letting him get rusty:

Wednesday Scherzer/Fister
Thursday Turner
Friday Porcello
Saturday Verlander
Sunday Fister (if he only gets a couple innings Wed)
Monday Scherzer
Tuesday Turner or Penny
Wednesday Porcello

That way he can use Fister in game 2 without having to skip his normal start that would have been Tuesday (he would have been pitching on 4 days rest to do that).

Playoffs:
9/30 Verlander (+1 day rest)
10/1 Fister (normal rest if started Sunday as above)
10/3 Scherzer (+1 day rest)

Not sure if you do Verlander on 4 days rest for #4 or not. Maybe it depends on how the series goes?

[WTFchris]

I do agree the resting is concerning for position players. Playing at NY and hosting a struggling Boston are vastly different situations. Yeah, guys need some rest, but they still need to win.