Assuming everyone is healthy I think the playoff rotation is Keuchel, McCullers, McHugh, Morton. Morton seems like an excellent 4th starter for the playoffs. Just limit him to twice through the lineup. He's been money early in games. Fiers has been great and if he continues it the next two months that would change things. But I'm not sold and prefer a limited use Morton as of now.

And a playoff pen is probably Giles, Harris, Devo, Peacock, Gregerson, Martes. If Martes can get his control in check (a big if) he's got the stuff to be a dominant reliever in Oct. Hoyt is a wild card for me. He's got to figure a lot out, maybe he's tipping pitches. But I don't understand how he can have such great K% and BB% and still be so terrible. I really wanted one more good arm, but alas.

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Posted by LSUBoo

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Posted on 8/1/17 at 8:34 am to davy jones

You don't think Fiers or Liriano will be in the playoff pen?

Or Guduan, if Liriano sucks it up as a reliever. You know there will be at least one lefty down there.

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Posted by ehidal1

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Posted on 8/1/17 at 8:46 am to davy jones

Morton has been very good through the first and sometimes second time through lineups. I could see him giving you a consistent 5 and having a Fiers or Peacock setup to give you 3 in Morton's starts. If Morton can't keep the momentum going, I would lean more to Peacock. Morton, being that he gives you a solid 4 innings, could be a good innings chewer in relief as well (assuming he can adjust to the role).

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Posted by Horsemeat

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Posted on 8/1/17 at 9:01 am to davy jones

August is looking pretty favorable to extend the division lead - aside from this series against TB, there's a split home/away series with Arizona and the Nats come to town. Everyone else is below .500. Hell, even in Sept there's no winning team on the schedule until the final weekend series vs Boston.

Rest em up!

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Posted by Buckeye06

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Posted on 8/1/17 at 9:53 am to davy jones

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Assuming everyone is healthy I think the playoff rotation is Keuchel, McCullers, McHugh, Morton. Morton seems like an excellent 4th starter for the playoffs. Just limit him to twice through the lineup. He's been money early in games. Fiers has been great and if he continues it the next two months that would change things. But I'm not sold and prefer a limited use Morton as of now.

And a playoff pen is probably Giles, Harris, Devo, Peacock, Gregerson, Martes. If Martes can get his control in check (a big if) he's got the stuff to be a dominant reliever in Oct. Hoyt is a wild card for me. He's got to figure a lot out, maybe he's tipping pitches. But I don't understand how he can have such great K% and BB% and still be so terrible. I really wanted one more good arm, but alas.

Not sure I agree with it all, but to me the Astros had less to fix than anyone else in the league, and they got a guy to be their specialty lefty out of the pen.

Move Peacock back to the bullpen, and with Devo you have 2 guys who can give you multiple innings and Peacock can actually give you 4+ if need be. Getting a closer would have been amazing (I too worry every game that is 3-2 in the 9th), but no team is complete

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