re: DAT 10/18: ALCS Game 3 - Astros (Javier) @ Rangers (Scherzer) - 7:03ct FS1

I’m pretty torn on this.

Don’t necessarily think it’s a risk for the Rags going with Scherzer after a month off because the process to approve it was probably intensive.

But there are a lot of factors. Max effort for 65-70 pitches in an emotionally charged environment. If it blows up they’ll have to go to the bullpen early game 1 of a stretch of three games in three days. Pretty confident Scherzer will be able to handle his emotions and not over do it, just gotta really hope his stuff isn’t as crisp as it can be.

But the last time there was uncertainty around a Scherzer start in the post the reports were he couldn’t move his neck then three days later he goes out and throws 5 good enough innings.

ETA: they also have a nice trio of options to bridge to their later inning guys in Gray, Heaney, and Dunning so that makes it less “risky”