00:00I presented you the numbers that Max Freed has dominated the Boston Red Sox and Garrett Cole, for whatever reason,
00:06has struggled against the Boston Red Sox.
00:09That would lead me to kind of leaning a little bit towards Garrett Cole not starting in this wildcard series
00:14against the Red Sox and holding him out for game one of the division series, not because I'm being cocky,
00:19but because I believe the better matchups are Schlittler, Freed, and Rodon.
00:24Yes, but who's the better matchup? Not that you want to actually start planning ahead, but who's the better matchup
00:29against the Rays then?
00:31That's what you just have to start thinking about.
00:32I don't think you can because I think you need to play out the Boston series, and then the way
00:37the chips fall, they fall.
00:39So I get what you're saying. I'm not even factoring that in. I'm factoring in, hey, I've got to win
00:42two games against the Red Sox. How should I line it up?
00:45So I'll give you my official endorsement on what I would do. I would start Max Freed in game one.
00:49The reason I would do that is he has tons of experience. He's had great success against the Red Sox.
00:54He did it last year. I'd start Max Freed in game one, and then Cam Schlittler is pitching game two
00:59no matter what.
01:01If I'm up 1-0, I'm using the Schlittler to end this series and be ready for game two.
01:06If I'm down 0-1, obviously I'm trying to save my season with Schlittler, and then in a winner-take
01:11-all game three, this is where I'm less committed,
01:14but I'm just giving you my honest reaction right now.
01:16You're going here, Cole.
01:18I think I'd go Carlos Rodon.
01:19Really? No.
01:21I know. Even when I say it out loud, I hesitate.
01:22You can't even convince yourself that that's the right.
01:25Okay. How about this? Let's meet in the middle.
01:28I'm settled on free game one, Schlittler game two.
01:31Again, does not impact the future series.
01:33Schlittler is now going to pitch game two of the division series.
01:36We're all good.
01:37Why not Schlittler first?
01:40I think that the hammer-down game or the save-my-season game in a lot of ways is more
01:45important.
01:45I think in the best-of-three format, game two is more important than game one.
01:50That's fair.
