It's time. Who will play in the Division Series

by rfffr on Sep 29, 2011 12:55 AM EDT

Now that the season is over it's time to try to guess who makes the postseason roster. There are obvious locks: Justin Upton, Ian Kennedy, Paul Goldschmidt, Daniel Hudson, Miguel Montero, Willie Bloomquist, Aaron Hill, Chris Young, Joe Saunders, JJ Putz, David Hernandez, Joe Paterson, Josh Collmenter, Lyle Overbay, Ryan Roberts, Bryan Shaw, Gerardo Parra, Henry Blanco, Brad Ziegler and John McDonald are locks.

Here are my thoughts on the other 5 guys

Sean Burroughs- he has a lot of pinch hits. I trust him more than Geoff Blum

Ryan Cook- He's been pretty good this month-He replaces Juan Gutierrez to be eligible

Colin Cowgill- He's faster than Gillespie and probably a better hitter

Micah Owings-I trust him more than anyone else to be the longman and he seems unable to lose

Alberto Castillo- One lefty won't cut it and I like him more than Zach Duke or Wade Miley

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completely agree with this, but I think I would have Miley over Castillo. No real reason for this, I just have seen Miley a little more

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by imstillhungry95 on Sep 29, 2011 1:20 AM EDT reply actions

my last five are

Burroughs, Blum, Cowgill, Owings and Parker

Gibby likes infielders to mix and match, Parker is an unknown and as such might be a card to be played in case of need and Owings does a bit of everything.

just my humble opinion, ymmv

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by piratedan7 on Sep 29, 2011 2:58 AM EDT reply actions

Are DBacks using 11 or 12 pitchers?

I’d say Burroughs, Blum, Cowgill, Owings and Castillo. But, I guess they could do what you say if they carry 12 pitchers instead.

by SongBird on Sep 29, 2011 3:11 AM EDT reply actions

Gibby already

said Blum is on the post season roster (in not so many words).

And I dont think Parker can be on the roster, but that would be cool.

I got nothin'.

by Bcawz on Sep 29, 2011 11:27 AM EDT reply actions

He can replace

Nady, Marquis, Drew, or Gutierrez just like Cook

by rfffr on Sep 29, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Then I say he plays SS. ;)

I thought so, but that replacement rule always confuses me.

I got nothin'.

by Bcawz on Sep 29, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I think

Cowgill is a lock for his Defense and Speed as a pinch runner. We have seen it work before.

Blum is a lock cause he can come get those easy RBI ground out/fly outs.

Cook will get a spot- brewers have not seen him, the more pitchers we have, that they dont know, they better.

Parker- See above

Owings- yes, every Sp will have a short leash.

Freeze it..and make a popsicle

by Baja F1 on Sep 29, 2011 12:40 PM EDT reply actions

Looks like Saturday's game

might be a baseball and brunch affair.

I got nothin'.

by Bcawz on Sep 29, 2011 1:46 PM EDT reply actions

According to some tweet from Nick.

Not official or nothing yet.

I got nothin'.

by Bcawz on Sep 29, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions

It better not be a day game. That would suck.

You would think East ALDS would start around 3-4pm our time to make it primetime on east coat, then we would get the 7pm start time along with the West ALDS

Freeze it..and make a popsicle

by Baja F1 on Sep 29, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Game Starts Sat at 11:07

by Craig from Az on Sep 29, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

C: Montero, Blanco
1B: Goldschmidt, Overbay
2B: Hill, Bloomquist
SS: McDonald, Bloomquist
3B: Roberts, either Blum or Burroughs
LF: Parra, Cowgill
CF: CY, Cowgill
RF: Upton, Cowgill
SP: Kennedy, Hudson, Collmenter, Saunders
CL: Putz
SU: Hernandez
RHMR: Ziegler, Shaw, Parker
LHMR: Paterson, Miley
LR: Owings

In all likelihood, Parker probably won’t be on the roster and both Burroughs and Blum will be. Also not sure if they go Castillo over Miley, but they shouldn’t.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Sep 29, 2011 3:47 PM EDT reply actions

I don't see any reason why we need an extra bench player

So why not bring on Parker? Even if he only gets two innings of relief in, chances are they’ll be pretty good innings. I’d rather send JP out for a short relief outing than Owings.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Sep 29, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

If the choice is Parker or Burroughs

Is that really a tough call?

by Craig from Az on Sep 29, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

i'm not even convinced we need Owings

for long relief purposes? if we need a long relief man, then the game is probably already over.

i’d have Parker in their for sure. definitely more confident in Parker than both Owings and Cook, and like you said, an extra bench player is useless

by blue bulldog on Sep 29, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Why carry 12 pitchers?

I think it’s better to have extra players available for pinch-hitting, pinch-running, or defensive substitutions. It’s more likely you will need more than 4 position players than you will need 8 pitchers available in the bullpen.

That said, Parker could certainly be one of the top 11 pitchers (4 starters, 7 relievers).

by Amit on Sep 29, 2011 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions