Pat Murphy is keeping Milwaukee on the same six-man path for the stretch that could shape the NL Central race.
The Brewers will roll with that setup for their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs, a move that became clear once the club’s probable starters were listed for the weekday set against the Texas Rangers. Logan Henderson, Shane Drohan, and Robert Gasser are lined up to face Texas.
That’s a tough assignment, but the Cubs loom as the bigger one. Milwaukee enters the week with a 5.5-game cushion over its division rival, and the two upcoming series could go a long way toward deciding who ends up on top of the division and who is left battling for a Wild Card berth.
The Brewers will also have their top arms lined up for the four-game set in Chicago. Kyle Harrison will start the series, while Dustin May and Jacob Misiorowski, who finished off the series in New York, will get extended rest before they take the mound. Logan Henderson will then return on six days’ rest after starting Game 1 against the Rangers.
It’s a setup that fits the moment. Very few teams in Major League Baseball are willing to lean on a six-man rotation, but Milwaukee has chosen to stick with it as a way to keep its pitchers fresh.
That kind of arrangement stands in sharp contrast to a team like the division-rival St. Louis Cardinals, who are barely able to piece together a four-man rotation.
The Brewers’ October rotation is expected to look different. For now, though, Murphy and Milwaukee are staying with what’s working and riding the six-man rotation as far as it will take them.
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