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Brault tonight and Kingham on Wednesday. Yikes!



Hard for me to imagine Brault lasting for more than 3 innings without walking in a couple of runs in addition to being hit hard.



Without Kingham in the BP, there are essentially without a long man. Tyler Lyons didn't look up to the task on Sunday, and Feliz, Krick, and Liriano appear all to be 1 inning folks.



Perhaps they designated J.B. Shuck prematurely. Could have used him to take a beating (although he pitched quite well).



I am really hoping that I am wrong, but I am expecting some ugly games the next 2 nights.

Hurdle said that Feliz, Liriano and Nevergetanout can all go 2 innings.



I predict Brault will walk the first batter he faces. And others.

Should there be an over/under on how many balls Gallo will hit into the river between tonight and tomorrow?



over/under .5



I'll say over

This is the price you pay when you are perfectly willing to go into a season with 4, maybe 4.5 at the most, legitimate major league caliber starters.



You need about 7.



The Pirates are happy with 4.



Thus ... Brault and Kingham.

220F02131405125251600 wrote: Hurdle said that Feliz, Liriano and Nevergetanout can all go 2 innings.



I predict Brault will walk the first batter he faces. And others.


this means they can throw enough pitches to get through 2 innings. I don't know if they can go through 2 innings very often where they are effective. It would be great if they can be effective for multiple innings.



None of them have a track record of doing this consistently in the majors.

Pirates are still up 5-4 after 6 and one-half innings.

A nail biter but a win is a win.