September brings us plenty of young starting pitchers to evaluate and consider as rosters expand and teams give younger arms an opportunity in the rotation.
That sometimes leads to getting cute and shortcutting the process that we believe helps win games, namely quality starts from your starting pitcher and more generally an advantage on the mound.
I've been as guilty of that as anyone, but not today. Today I'm going with two known quantities and while that comes at a price, I'm confident in the results.
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Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves Prediction and Pick
Right off the bat we have veteran Chris Sale who's having a phenomenal year in Atlanta with 15 quality starts, a 15-3 record and 2.