00:00How are they going to handle the stretch run here?
00:02They're strongly in the postseason.
00:05However, there's still something to play for in terms of outside chance they win the division
00:10and get a first-round buy.
00:12That exists now in baseball, in case you were wondering.
00:16Get out to sit out that entire wild-card weekend.
00:18Pretty big advantage on paper anyway.
00:22And or, if you're in the wild-card weekend, if you finish with the best record among the
00:27wild-card teams, you host all three games or two games, however long it goes.
00:30That's a pretty big advantage, too.
00:32So do they want those things?
00:34Obviously.
00:34Like, that's not what we're talking about.
00:35Like, they obviously would want to come back and win the division.
00:38They'd obviously want home field.
00:40Like, duh.
00:42The question is, what are they willing to do to get it?
00:45Right.
00:45How far will you extend?
00:47Garrett Crochet is in a two-to-one game.
00:49He's thrown 100 innings.
00:50And do you bring him out for the seventh?
00:53Do you pitch him on four days rest?
00:54Do you send Lucas Giolito out to pitch 120 pitches to get a game against the Yankees
01:03to get home field advantage?
01:04How far are they willing to take it?
01:05That's the question, As.
01:07Absolutely.
01:07And I don't know.
01:08I mean, again, I'm up in the air about it.
01:11I don't.
01:12I'm curious.
01:12What should they do?
01:13They should go for the division if it's in play.
01:16How about home field?
01:17Yes.
01:18Absolutely.
01:18When I say home field, I mean now, okay, would you pitch Crochet on four days rest?
01:22You mean on short rest?
01:25Well, that's not.
01:26Four days isn't short rest, is it?
01:28No, it's regular rest.
01:29Traditional rest.
01:29For him, it's short.
01:30For him, it is.
01:31Would I?
01:31Yes.
01:32For him, it's on short rest.
01:33For the world and baseball that we grew up, it's not.
01:36Yes.
01:36I would pitch him on four days rest.
01:38Absolutely.
01:39The hard one for them is going to be on the final weekend if they have a shot at the division.
01:44But if they lose, they're in the wild card.
01:46What do you do?
01:47And my guess is they're going to protect their pitchers.
01:50They'll put that first.
01:51Versus the division?
01:53If they have a chance of winning the division on the final weekend, they will bypass it.
01:57Why?
01:58I'm not telling you I like it.
02:00And I don't even know.
02:02Well, I'll give you.
02:02I'm just telling you, based on my experience, they will stop short of that.
02:08If the division, if there's no difference, if you're the third division winner, then you play wild card weekend.
02:15Correct.
02:15You play wild card weekend.
02:16You play the wild card round.
02:18But if you're the second division winner, you have that off.
02:21Correct.
02:22Free pass into the next round.
02:23That's a, you get to rest all your pitchers.
02:25Yep.
02:26Huge advantage.
02:28If you can get a bye, you go for it.
02:45Yes.
