Gotta think we're locked in with Sandy, Pablo, Sixto, Hernandez and Rogers moving forward right? Urena being the floater due to high schedule load? Love.

Urena's a floater, alright ...

 

I think I'd prefer giving Neidert some starts over Urena, but we'll see what happens. If we do a "bullpen game" again in the future, I want Stanek opening it.

I would disagree. We have a ton (I wanna say 5, but I am too lazy to check) of double headers. Our starting rotation will be a mish-mash of the 5 above, plus Neidart, Cabrera, Yamamoto, and Urena. I expect that to be our rotation with an additional "bullpen game" in there somewhere. Our schedule is grueling, just the sheer number of games.

1 minute ago, 97marlin said:

I would disagree. We have a ton (I wanna say 5, but I am too lazy to check) of double headers. Our starting rotation will be a mish-mash of the 5 above, plus Neidart, Cabrera, Yamamoto, and Urena. I expect that to be our rotation with an additional "bullpen game" in there somewhere. Our schedule is grueling, just the sheer number of games.

I agree, except Yams shouldn't be brought back up - he needs to figure things out.

1 minute ago, Michael said:

I agree, except Yams shouldn't be brought back up - he needs to figure things out.

I am not going to rule anyone out. Castano will get some starts somewhere in there. It's going to be a crapshoot. I think we make the playoffs if we hit enough, not if we pitch enough.

40 minutes ago, Iowa said:

Gotta think we're locked in with Sandy, Pablo, Sixto, Hernandez and Rogers moving forward right? Urena being the floater due to high schedule load? Love.

Yea as of today that's definitely the primary 5 but yes with the double headers Urena Castano and likely Neidert will all get starts.

6 minutes ago, 97marlin said:

I am not going to rule anyone out. Castano will get some starts somewhere in there. It's going to be a crapshoot. I think we make the playoffs if we hit enough, not if we pitch enough.

I agree with this logic.  Coincidentally, the worse you are, the more you have to pitch.

and next season, might have Edward Cabrera too... good problem to have

1 hour ago, CyggyMarlin said:

and next season, might have Edward Cabrera too... good problem to have

And Braxton Garrett too.

47 minutes ago, Rydawg said:

And Braxton Garrett too.

And Max Meyer maybe (probably a September call up unless he dominates early in the season and forces their hand)

Other than Sixto should be leading that rotation, its probably the 5 for the time being until someone else comes up and makes a case for themselves.

Give Urena some love.  He was putting it together and looking real good in the spring.  I believe he surprises us and is a much better choice than Yams or Neidert.

1 minute ago, fish53 said:

Give Urena some love.  He was putting it together and looking real good in the spring.  I believe he surprises us and is a much better choice than Yams or Neidert.

No. I will never give him love until he deserves it.

 

I was actually at one of his ST starts and he got a lot of weak contact so I'll give you that.

I think based on the potential to be a starter, I would have preferred to give the Diamondbacks Guzman and not Mejia. 

Just now, canada-marlin24 said:

I think based on the potential to be a starter, I would have preferred to give the Diamondbacks Guzman and not Mejia. 

Maybe they preferred to have Mejia though.

1 minute ago, canada-marlin24 said:

I think based on the potential to be a starter, I would have preferred to give the Diamondbacks Guzman and not Mejia. 

Mejia was expendable for us, Guzman may also be but I think the team wants to see what he can do out of a relief role.

I like this rotation. It's exciting. Not a single uninteresting pitcher of the presumed 5. Hoping Sandy can get back in his groove his next start.

1 hour ago, Vic D said:

I like this rotation. It's exciting. Not a single uninteresting pitcher of the presumed 5. Hoping Sandy can get back in his groove his next start.

I could see another rough Sandy start but after that he puts it together. He'll be facing the Rays again ...

 

 

1. Sixto 

2. Pablo 

3. Sandy 

4. Rogers 

5. Urena 

DH’s: Neidert, Elieser*, Castano, Yamamoto 

*depending on length of IL stint 

I'd rather give Neidert a shot over Ureña. I know Jose "has looked better" but I really am skeptical about that.

24 minutes ago, Vic D said:

I'd rather give Neidert a shot over Ureña. I know Jose "has looked better" but I really am skeptical about that.

Same - they said Conley also "looked better" down in Jupiter and hit him with the DFA anyways.

What's cool about the rotation's potential is that the up-and-coming guys are actually pretty close to ready, not live arms in A-ball. 

We've already seen Sixto, Rogers, and Elieser look good. Cabrera, Neidert, Braxton were/would have been in the upper minors. Meyer hasn't played in the minors, but he's a polished college arm. That all gives me a lot more hope.

Man, had Edward not gotten hurt it would be Sixto/Pablo/Sandy/Rogers/Edward. Assuming everyone continues to pitch well, And considering one of them goes goes to the bullpen in the playoffs, that’s a really tough rotation for any team to go up against.

There’s still a slight chance they bring him up toward the end of the season if he can make some good progress over the next couple weeks. Should be an exciting sprint to the finish for us!

Edited September 6, 20205 yr by marlinsmaniac

37 minutes ago, marlinsmaniac said:

Man, had Edward not gotten hurt it would be Sixto/Pablo/Sandy/Rogers/Edward. Assuming everyone continues to pitch well, And considering one of them goes goes to the bullpen in the playoffs, that’s a really tough rotation for any team to go up against.

There’s still a slight chance they bring him up toward the end of the season if he can make some good progress over the next couple weeks. Should be an exciting sprint to the finish for us!

Couldn’t agree more. I expected to see Sixto this year, but seeing Rogers come up and have success in addition to Pablo & Sandy seemingly taking the next step is the takeaway from this season no matter how they finish. 
 

Based on where Cabrera is, he’s the perfect candidate to start a double header, and pitch out of relief if we make the playoffs. 
 

Say what you want about this being a “real season”, but getting Sixto, Sandy, Pablo, Rogers, Cabrera, Anderson, etc playoff experience is invaluable as we head into 2021 & beyond.

Edited September 6, 20205 yr by marlins_09