Start Rose Over Boaz Tomorrow?

premn

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Rose has been MILES better out of the bullpen vs. starting, and Forbes has said multiple times that Boaz is more comfortable starting than coming in out of the pen. You may end up getting more innings out of Rose than Boaz but I would be SHOCKED if Boaz didn’t start
 

wsdog

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Some criticized spending Glauber innings today. That discounts the advantage gained in winning the winners bracket. ECU spent 14 innings of pitching on Friday and more today. VCU and ECU will spend a full 9 innings more of pitching before we even face them tomorrow evening. They are the 3 and 4 seeds facing us after having played 3+ games since Friday. If, in May, we simply think another pitcher is a better starter than Boaz, then OK. But otherwise, why are we questioning starting our season-long Sunday starter against a 3 or 4 seed that has already played 3+ games in 3 days and has to beat us twice?
 

premn

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Some criticized spending Glauber innings today. That discounts the advantage gained in winning the winners bracket. ECU spent 14 innings of pitching on Friday and more today. VCU and ECU will spend a full 9 innings more of pitching before we even face them tomorrow evening. They are the 3 and 4 seeds facing us after having played 3+ games since Friday. If, in May, we simply think another pitcher is a better starter than Boaz, then OK. But otherwise, why are we questioning starting our season-long Sunday starter against a 3 or 4 seed that has already played 3+ games in 3 days and has to beat us twice?
Like the people afraid of the VCU crowd being rowdy before the first game. This is a very fearful fanbase.
 

Southern01

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"why are we questioning starting our season-long Sunday"
You didn't realize that some of these folks think they are auditioning for the head coaching job via message board posts?
 
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TarHeelDad

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No you stick with what got you here. Our bullpen is fresh and Forbes and Gaines obviously know their roster and how best to utilize it. The results speak for themselves.
 
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Look if you have ever coached sometimes you have no answer to the question? Boaz has struggled worse out of the pen and Rose is effective out of the pen but struggled as a starter . So as bad as it looks you keep doing what you're doing. Another idea would be to have a staff day with this game and if you get someone who comes in as it dealing ride with them as long as you can? The last thing we want to do is go to a game 7 tomorrow but we also don't want to use up McDuffy when trailing . That's going be a touch call who to use if we get behind a few runs but hopefully that doesn't happen.
 

Mrtarheel1

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Even though I think Rose has had a better season than Boaz, I understand why they would start Boaz today. Boaz has been be game three starter all season and certainly has more experience.
 
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Top Water

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Our offense needs to give these pitchers some lead to work with. Could make a world of difference.
 
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tarheelcoach

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Please provide the source for that alleged quote from Scott. That does not sound like something he would say.
Watch this PC when he talks about his starters and says he thinks he has 3 ACES and then says Boaz stats aren’t good