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Originally Posted by JayP
The Jays are in the perfect scenario to try it.
With McGowan gone for the year and Litsch rebuilding himself in AAA, guys like Purcey (although he's earned a shot), Parrish, and Richmond are taking up 2 spots in the rotation. I'll never understand how you take those starts away from the best pitcher in baseball and give them to AAAers with no legitimate proof that starting him on less rest will increase his chance for injury.
At the very least the Jays should have Doc, Burnett, and Marcum pitching once every five days regardless of days off.
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Why not even try having Halladay and Burnett go with 3 days rest for the rest of the season, work Marcum in every 5th day, and fill in the rest as needed? I mean isn't a manager supposed to manage things. Really if the Jays legitimately want to stay in it, and try to knock off two of the three teams in front of them, wouldn't this give them the best chance? Especially since they have a good enough pen that they can get 3 innings of good relief on most nights.