{"id":4962,"date":"2012-10-13T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T02:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2013-10-02T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T14:57:18","slug":"nlcs-preview-by-the-starters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4962","title":{"rendered":"NLCS Preview – by the Starters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If Verlander continues to pitch as he has, Detroit looks unbeatable. Photo unknown via rumorsandrants.com<\/p><\/div>\n

The post-season goes on, despite yesterday’s debacle.\u00a0 Here’s a look at the probable starter matchups for the ALCS and NLCS:<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Series<\/td>\nGM#<\/td>\nDate\/time (EST)<\/td>\nHome-Visitor<\/td>\nHome Starter<\/td>\nVisiting Starter<\/td>\nAdvantage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALCS<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n10\/13\/2012<\/td>\nDet-NYY<\/td>\nPettitte<\/td>\nFister<\/td>\nTossup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALCS<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n10\/14\/2012<\/td>\nDet-NYY<\/td>\nPhelps?<\/td>\nSanchez<\/td>\nTossup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALCS<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n10\/16\/2012<\/td>\nNYY-Det<\/td>\nVerlander<\/td>\nSabathia<\/td>\nDet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALCS<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n10\/17\/2012<\/td>\nNYY-Det<\/td>\nScherzer<\/td>\nKuroda?<\/td>\nDet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALCS<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n10\/18\/2012<\/td>\nNYY-Det<\/td>\nFister<\/td>\nPettitte<\/td>\nDet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALCS<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n10\/20\/2012<\/td>\nDet-NYY<\/td>\nHughes?<\/td>\nSanchez<\/td>\nTossup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALCS<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n10\/21\/2012<\/td>\nDet-NYY<\/td>\nSabathia<\/td>\nVerlander<\/td>\nDet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Tigers have a huge advantage heading into this series by virtue of scheduling; they finished up their ALDS a day early, thus they get to schedule their ace Justin Verlander<\/strong> on normal rest to go in games 3 and 7.\u00a0 Meanwhile the Yankees have a major conundrum; in order to get CC Sabathia <\/strong>two starts in the NLCS he has to go on 3-days rest for game 3.\u00a0 And, in order to get Hiroki Kuroda <\/strong>2 starts, he must similarly go on 3-days rest for game 2.\u00a0 Kuroda is a japanese import, where he pitched just once a week (6 days rest as a norm) and has little experience going on short rest.\u00a0 Sabathia actually has fantastic career numbers on 3-days rest (a 1.01 ERA for his career<\/a> in the regular season, albeit in just 4 such starts).\u00a0 However Sabathia’s effect is likely to be nullified by going against Verlander, in Detroit.\u00a0 Meanwhile, who goes in game 2?\u00a0 David Phelps<\/strong>?\u00a0 Phil Hughes<\/strong>?\u00a0 I don’t think the Yankees have any good options there.\u00a0 I honestly don’t see a single one of these 7 matchups that i’d immediately say favors New York; I think Detroit can get the split in the first two games and may wrap the series up before it even returns.\u00a0 Detroit in 5.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Series<\/td>\nGM#<\/td>\nDate\/time (EST)<\/td>\nHome-Visitor<\/td>\nHome Starter<\/td>\nVisiting Starter<\/td>\nAdvantage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NLCS<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n10\/14\/2012<\/td>\nSF-Stl<\/td>\nBumgarner<\/td>\nLynn<\/td>\nSF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NLCS<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n10\/15\/2012<\/td>\nSF-Stl<\/td>\nVogelsong<\/td>\nCarpenter<\/td>\nStl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NLCS<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n10\/17\/2012<\/td>\nStl-SF<\/td>\nWainwright<\/td>\nCain<\/td>\nSF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NLCS<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n10\/18\/2012<\/td>\nStl-SF<\/td>\nLohse<\/td>\nLincecum?<\/td>\nStl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NLCS<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n10\/19\/2012<\/td>\nStl-SF<\/td>\nLynn<\/td>\nBumgarner<\/td>\nTossup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NLCS<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n10\/21\/2012<\/td>\nSF-Stl<\/td>\nCarpenter<\/td>\nVogelsong<\/td>\nStl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NLCS<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n10\/22\/2012<\/td>\nSF-Stl<\/td>\nWainwright<\/td>\nCain<\/td>\nTossup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The NLCS pitching matchups are a lot more clear; Jaime Garcia<\/strong> is replaced by the 18 game barely-not-a-rookie Lance Lynn<\/strong> and may actually fare better.\u00a0 Chris Carpenter<\/strong> was effective enough and I believe gives the Cardinals a distinct advantage in both his starts over the journeyman Ryan Vogelsong<\/strong>.\u00a0 The two aces look to match up in games 3 and 7; I’ll give Cain the advantage at home but if the series makes it to game 7, I’m not so sure he’ll be a distinct favorite back in St. Louis.\u00a0 Lastly, which Tim Lincecum<\/strong> shows up in this series?\u00a0 Going against the 16-3 Kyle Lohse<\/strong> is no small feat; he controlled a better hitting team in the Nats and was an unlucky no-decision in game 4.\u00a0\u00a0 The Cardinals offense can get to the SF starters and very well make this a quicker series than people think.\u00a0 Cardinals in 6 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The post-season goes on, despite yesterday’s debacle.\u00a0 Here’s a look at the probable starter matchups for the ALCS and NLCS: Series GM# Date\/time (EST) Home-Visitor Home Starter Visiting Starter Advantage ALCS 1 10\/13\/2012 Det-NYY Pettitte Fister Tossup ALCS 2 10\/14\/2012 Det-NYY Phelps? Sanchez Tossup ALCS 3 10\/16\/2012 NYY-Det Verlander Sabathia Det ALCS 4 10\/17\/2012 NYY-Det […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2036],"tags":[346,704,777,47,224,1040,241,340,324,44,231,897,894,317,1037,956,468,316],"class_list":["post-4962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlbpitching","category-post-season","tag-adam-wainwright","tag-andy-pettitte","tag-anibal-sanchez","tag-cc-sabathia","tag-chris-carpenter","tag-david-phelps","tag-doug-fister","tag-hiroki-kuroda","tag-jaime-garcia","tag-justin-verlander","tag-kyle-lohse","tag-lance-lynn","tag-madison-bumgarner","tag-matt-cain","tag-max-scherzer","tag-phil-hughes","tag-ryan-vogelsong","tag-tim-lincecum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7831,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions\/7831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}