Friday: Haren vs. Lannan
Saturday: Jordan vs. Lee
Sunday: Strasburg vs. Kendrick
I have no idea what to say. The first two games of the Atlanta series were close affairs. The last one, not so much. The Nats, Mets and Phils are between 15.5 and 17.5 games behind Atlanta. These teams are now battling for a) "second place", and b) 2014.
Philly DFA'd Delmon Young, clearing room on the roster for new blood. It's starting to look like Philadelphia is also playing for next year. Ruf is in at 1B. Ethan Martin is a new guy in the starting rotation. Lotsa new names on the Phillies' roster. Hard to handicap a team when the players are unfamiliar.
Washington is starting to go to guys like Roark and Krol out of the bullpen, and Jordan is doing pretty well as he heads towards an innings limit of his own.
I have no idea how these three games are gonna go. I guess the pressure's off for both teams, so we may see some all-out baseball this weekend. Three of Haren's last four starts, he's given up either one or no earned runs. Jordan competes, but he has to get by the middle innings. Strasburg has pitched well, but isn't getting much run support.
I hope Washington can win Friday and Sunday. I would expect Lee to pitch superb on Saturday. With football coming up, I'll probably switch back and forth between these games and NFL exhibitions. It's that time of year...
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