08-03-2025, 04:02 AM
(08-03-2025, 03:23 AM)cinci4life Wrote: It wasn't raining though when the game started at 9:40. It really started and picked up after the top of 1. They must have thought that batch of rain would stay north of them but it didn't. Reds were originally off today (Sunday) and Burns isn't scheduled to pitch again until Saturday. With Burns only throwing 15 pitches the possibility might be there for him to continue. Reds have Undecided, Lodolo and Littell against the Cubs Mon-Wed and Abbott, Singer, Burns and Lodolo against the Pirates Thurs-Sun.
I was watching on TV. It was pouring rain with Burns on the mound to start the game. Radar showed playing the game was not possible. The game should have never started, and the hell with Tennessee and National TV, it should have never started.
Also you can't say Burns only made 15 pitches, so use him next day also. It doesn't work like that. He is done for 5 days.
Throw out what Reds had planned with a Sunday off. They can go Lodolo, Littell, Abbott, Singer, Burns and they all will have 5 days rest just the same. As for Martinez, they need him in the bullpen if they are going to have a bullpen to make a play-off run.
The game was started in the pouring rain with Burns on the mound, and they knew the weather radar showed endless rain coming in. Game should not have been started. This game should have been called a rain out around 7 PM. Now you just can't warm up Burns and start him again and take a chance of injury that way. The only smart thing is warm up Lodolo and move the others up a day, and they all still are on 5 man rotation rest due to how they pitched last week.
Francona is not stupid enough to try to start Burns 2 days in a row. Reds have had stupid managers, but Francona is pretty smart. Simply go Lodolo, Littell, Abbott, Singer and then Burns later in the week, and they are all still on the right amount of rest.
You also forget Burns warmed up to start this game twice, you can't warm him up to start again the next day. I saw Reds pitch Soto and Harang in back to back games, and they came up career injured. Is that what you want with Burns, career injured ?
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