![]() He didn’t throw on three consecutive days during the postseason and he only threw on back-to-back days three times that October. And because the Royals’ finished off the Angels and Orioles quickly, Davis had a six-day break before the World Series. He threw 15 innings in 12 appearances after throwing 14 innings in 14 appearances in August and 12 innings in 13 appearances in September. But at the end of the postseason, Davis’ workload was not significantly different than a normal regular season month for him. If the game was not out of hand in the early innings, Davis pitched. He pitched in 10 of the Royals’ 11 postseason wins that year. In 2014, Davis pitched in 12 of the Royals’ 15 postseason games. Wade Davis is an even more dramatic example. His workload was not really any different than the 15 2/3 innings and 14 appearances he made last July during the regular season. He had back-to-back days off twice and three days off in a row twice. Last postseason, Herrera never threw on three days in a row. He did so without ever really being overworked. As an example, Kelvin Herrera pitched in 11 of the Royals’ 15 postseason games in 2014 and 11 of their 16 games in 2015. Wade Davis (Photo by Bill Nichols) But relievers can be called on in virtually every close postseason game without being overused. The Cubs can go into the postseason planning to use Aroldis Chapman in every game that doesn’t get out of hand and the Indians can rely heavily on Andrew Miller with the comfort that they aren’t going to throw them significantly more than they would in a normal month of the regular season. ![]() So most starters are going to get two starts in a postseason series with the chance for a third relief appearance in the most dire of circumstances. Sabathia in 2009 was the last starter to even make an attempt at the trifecta–he started Games 1 and 4 of the League Championship Series and the World Series but neither series went seven games. The last pitcher to start Games 1, 4 and 7 of a playoff series was the Diamondbacks’ Curt Schilling in 2001. Back in the days of four-man rotations, the extra off days gave teams a chance to give their ace three starts in an LCS or World Series if the schedule lined up, but those days are long gone. That schedule explains why teams spent so much effort to improve their bullpens at the trade deadline. Using the same example of a wild card team playing every possible game finds even that team would only play back-to-back-to-back games twice throughout the playoffs. The standard format of the postseason is two games on, one day off. During the postseason, no team will play more than three games without an off-day and even a wild-card team that plays every possible game through Game 7 of the World Series would have 10 off-days. During the regular season, teams average three off days per month (with the exception of the all-star game’s lengthier break). What’s notable from the announced schedule is the reminder of just how different the playoffs are from the regular season when it comes to baseball schedules. 2 if the World Series goes to seven games. The postseason will begin with the American League Wild Card game on Oct. All ALDS games will air on TBS with NLDS either on FS1 or MLB Network.2016 Postseason Schedule (Click to enlarge) The 2016 postseason schedule was announced by Major League Baseball on Tuesday. ![]() If the series go to deciding Game 5, the ALDS games would be Wednesday, October 12th (ALDS) and Thursday, October 13th (NLDS). Division play is scheduled to run from Thursday, October 6th through the following Thursday, October 13 th. ![]() 68 2016 TOC Previous Next Hamilton began the 2016 season on the 15-day. The following day sees two NL Division Series openers and a pair of ALDS Game Two games. This ended his postseason hitless streak at 31 at-bats, which tied for second. Louis Cardinals on the NL Wild Card game.ĭivision Series play gets underway on Thursday, October 6th with both American League series kicking off. If those games were to be held today, they would feature the Boston Red Sox or Toronto Blue Jays who are tied and Baltimore Orioles in the AL Wild Card and the San Francisco Giants playing the St. The Wild Card game in which the winner moves on, and the loser goes home starts with the aforementioned AL Wild Card game on Tue, Oct 4th, with the National League Wild Card game the following day on Weds, Oct 5th. Should any tie-breaker games need to be played at the end of the regular season on Sunday, Oct 2, telecast exclusively by Walt Disney-owned ESPN the following day on Monday, October 3rd. ![]()
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