If Javier can't do it with a 3 run lead for 3 innings, why would he be able to win with 9 innings tied backed up by James?
Javier was the best option to go multiple innings and hold that lead. We win and we have a bunch of days off. We lose and its a bullpen game.
He did hold it in the only inning he should have pitched. He's been off for a month. He's prone to meltdowns. Javier has already proven within this week that he can go multiple innings and close out this sort of game.
Dang. I stepped away for a while and forgot about the game. Tuned back in. And that was a fast swing in the game. Ugh
I would rather rely on a bullpen to hold a -3- run lead, and hold off Javier to start tomorrow just in case they can't hold it rather than throwing Javier out there with a chance that if he does blow it, we have literally no one to start tomorrow are conceding game 4. This way at least Javier gives us a solid chance at winning game 4.