[Phils20]

Game one will be Lee, and game 2 will be Hamels.

I am good with that.

[kkfan91]

sounds good to me

[bassproracing1]

I don't know about this move... it kind of seems like a slap in the face to Cole - and he kind of seems like he could have a fragile mind towards something like this... Just my opinion on the last part.

[kkfan91]

Originally Posted by bassproracing1

I don't know about this move... it kind of seems like a slap in the face to Cole - and he kind of seems like he could have a fragile mind towards something like this... Just my opinion on the last part.

going 10-11 does not let you be number 1 no matter what you did last year

[bassproracing1]

14-13 is not THAT much better... and Lee hasn't looked so great as of late. Uncle Charlie will get them in line for a run though!

[Full Cougar]

Originally Posted by bassproracing1

14-13 is not THAT much better... and Lee hasn't looked so great as of late. Uncle Charlie will get them in line for a run though!

When a pitcher gets traded to the NL from the AL, you can pretty much throw out the other stats. When you do that, you see that Lee has done THAT much better than Hamel's. These are some NL stats for Lee-

W/L- 7-4
ERA- 3.39
K- 74
GS- 12
BB- 10

So in 12 games he has 74 strikeouts, thats an average of 8.4 strikeouts per 9 innings. Add that to the fact that he is averaging 1.1 walks per 9 innings, and you got a good reason to have him on the mound game 1.

Sure Cole Hamel's did fantastic last year in the regular and post season, but you can't always start a player because of that. Hamel's ERA this year is a 4.32 and he has a losing record (10-11). To be fair, his post season resume is amazing, a .800 winning percentage (only one loss), and an ERA of 2.16. That isn't news. You can't expect him to do the same as last year though, you have to put whoever is hot on the hill, especially starting off the post-season, game 1 is where momentum is declared. They want to put their best pitcher on the mound, right now that is Lee.

[njpsufan]

If Hamels started Game 1 it would be on 3 days rest.... he knows that and told uncle Charlie it was fine. Lee goes on 5 days rest. To be honest Game 2 is more important then Game 1 so I don't think mentally he will have any problems.