HBT: Braves going with six-man rotation

Lots of rotation weirdness this year. Six mans, four mans. Here?s another six-man: the Atlanta Braves.

With Tommy Hanson coming off the disabled list, Fredi Gonzalez had to figure out who to bump. The most likely choices were Kris Medlen or Mike Minor, but given that everyone has pitched fairly well, Gonzalez has decided to go with all six dudes ? Hudson, Hanson, Medlen, Minor, Sheets and Maholm ??until the off day on August 30, and then go back to a five-man after that.

Meanwhile, Old Hoss Radbourn looks at this with disgust. Of course he?s looked at the very concept of a pitching ?rotation? with disgust for a 128 years.

Best case: everyone continues to pitch well through then and Atlanta has fresher arms for the final playoff push. Worse case: three dudes drop like flies and I have to make posts that start out with ?remember back when the Braves had more starters than they could use ???

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/13/the-braves-are-going-to-a-six-man-rotation-for-a-while/related/

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