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I hear what you're saying about Mathews and Dowd, CTCard, but...

Mathews has 30 BBs in 60 innings and a 6.15 ERA.
Dowd has 20 BBs in 37 1/3 innings and a 6.99 ERA.

Maybe we see them in a blowout? I would put them in the same grouping as Weiermiller, although Weiermiller, now a senior, pitched really well in 2019 and we are all hoping to see him replicate that success. Dowd is a frosh and Mathews is a sophomore.

Whoever is on the mound for Stanford will get my full support. I love this team for its unrelenting resilience.

To be clear, I wasn't advocating any particular strategy or use of personnel, I was writing what I thought Esquer would likely do based upon what he has been doing both all season and in recent games.

As for advocating, I think Mathews has enough potential and produced enough all season long that he should be used as either a third starter or long relief option. It's not completely clear as he hasn't had a really good outing in over a month, though his performance in the final UCI game was pretty good under the circumstances. Thus, he should be (and clearly would be) on a short leash if trouble arises.

[CTcard]

I hear what you're saying about Mathews and Dowd, CTCard, but...

Mathews has 30 BBs in 60 innings and a 6.15 ERA.
Dowd has 20 BBs in 37 1/3 innings and a 6.99 ERA.

Maybe we see them in a blowout? I would put them in the same grouping as Weiermiller, although Weiermiller, now a senior, pitched really well in 2019 and we are all hoping to see him replicate that success. Dowd is a frosh and Mathews is a sophomore.

Whoever is on the mound for Stanford will get my full support. I love this team for its unrelenting resilience.

To be clear, I wasn't advocating any particular strategy or use of personnel, I was writing what I thought Esquer would likely do based upon what he has been doing both all season and in recent games.

As for advocating, I think Mathews has enough potential and produced enough all season long that he should be used as either a third starter or long relief option. It's not completely clear as he hasn't had a really good outing in over a month, though his performance in the final UCI game was pretty good under the circumstances. Thus, he should be (and clearly would be) on a short leash if trouble arises.