00:00you saw the same report i saw that yeah at least publicly the yankees are not committed
00:04yeah to cam schlittler who's going to win the cy young award this year has been a i mean one
00:10of
00:10the most dominant uh performances especially on the road this year that's either here nor there
00:15as a diehard yankee fan yes you have no problem with that or you're saying to yourself why are
00:21we getting cute here cam schlitter it's a best of three series not a best of seven right it's a
00:26best of three yeah doesn't your best pitcher open up so you get the win out of the gate or
00:31am i off
00:32on that no yeah i don't i yeah i think you're kind of off on it uh really yeah i
00:35don't again wow it
00:37doesn't have to be that way first off let me just say this i think the yankees are going to
00:42pitch him
00:42in game two i i don't think it's speculative like i think that's what's going to happen i think they're
00:47going to pitch max fried in game one and i think they're going to pitch uh cam schlittler in game
00:51number two now here's what i'll say so he either closes it out or extends or extends you and that's
00:57it kind of right like my thought is one explain to me how it makes a difference he's pitching one
01:02game in the series that's right right that's it he's pitching one game it's not like it's a big
01:07time series a five game series or a seven game series where the earlier you pitch him the better
01:10chance you have of pitching him again and he's only going to pitch once in the alds if they advance
01:14also no he's going to pitch twice in the alds he can yes he can that's the whole point that's
01:19not the
01:20whole point but it's why it's open for debate if he couldn't pitch two games in the alds they would
01:24have no choice but to pitch him game one there is in the american league alds there is a day
01:29off
01:29between game one and game two at yankee stadium okay so the pitcher of game one or game two can
01:35pitch
01:35game two and five in the alds so it opens him up to still be able to pitch game two
01:42and game five
01:43so that's why it's even become an option if he could if there was no day in between game one
01:48and game
01:48two yeah you would have to pitch him game one because if you move on you have to be able
01:53to
01:53throw cam schlittler in two games in the five game set have to right do but pitching him game two
01:57leaves that door open because there's a day off between game one and game two so the alds starts
02:03october 3rd yes they're off sunday the fourth yes and then they would and then they play uh so there's
02:08two days off actually three days off if it goes all one between game and yeah game two yeah he
02:13could
02:13still get to game two there's a day off between one and two yes there's a day off between two
02:17and
02:17three and there's a day off of course if needed right between four and five so it sets whoever so
02:23you
02:23pitch game two october 5th if it goes to a fifth game yes you could then pitch the uh closeout
02:29game
02:29the elimination game correct i got you there so he's not impacted by that now that shouldn't be
02:34why they make it that shouldn't have anything to do with their decision it only opens up the
02:38possibility okay because if it was set up a different way you have to pitch game one okay
02:42because you need them for game two and five that's fair 100 so i would still pitch from game one
02:46he's
02:47my best pitcher i understand that but again i don't think it matters ultimately and if you look at it
02:52you have to trust max freed to win the game either way you can't say well i'll throw the pitcher
02:57i don't
02:57trust to win he needs to pitch well and win the game like cam schlittler can't win this series alone
03:02you have to trust freed you have to trust cole they're pitching in these games anyway i don't think
03:07the the red sox put their tail between their legs because they lose game one and give up the
03:11yankees lost game one last year with their best pitcher max freed on the mound last year and still
03:16came back and won back-to-back games like you set it up where if you lose game one you
03:22have him on
03:23the mound for your life and if you win that game say you assume cam schlittler wins the start right
03:27okay you either have him after a win to close it out or you have him to save your life
03:33and now you're
03:34going to game three with the momentum of winning game two as opposed to going into game three having
03:39lost game two and blown the one nothing lead right like i don't think it really matters all that much
03:44ultimately plus the other thing is he pitched yesterday this gives him an extra day rest if they think
03:50he's going to be stronger on an extra day rest then i'm fine with it
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