Yesterday, I was debating with some people about who should be starting game 6: Sabathia or Pettitte. My thinking was, since CC is on regular rest, you have to pitch him. You can't worry about who will be available for the World Series until you actually get there.
Their argument was, if it goes to a Game 7, you want CC pitching, and if it doesn't, you have him for Game 1 of the World Series. I definitely could see this line of reasoning, I just preferred to see the Yanks close it out tonight.
Anyway, I knew this was something that could be calculated, so I got around to running the numbers today. I used the Bill James Handbook 2010 projections for the starting pitchers, since those are the only ones I have that are applicable right now.
So I calculated the log5 odds, adjusting for startin ...
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Should The Yankees Start CC Sabathia Or Pettitte in Game 6 of The ALCS?
Posted: 25th October 2009 by Greg Fertel in MLBComments Off on Should The Yankees Start CC Sabathia Or Pettitte in Game 6 of The ALCS?