The World Series rainout in Game 3 could be a blessing for Phillies pitchers. The postponement allows them to start Ranger Suárez on Tuesday and gives fatigued ace Zack Wheeler another day of rest before his next start.
As the World Series changed locations Monday, the Phillies were faced with using a starting pitcher who has worked a total of 5⅓ innings since the end of the regular season and an ace who needs as much rest as possible before getting on a mound again.With persistent heavy showers in the forecast, Major League Baseball postponed Game 3 until Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park while preserving a travel day later in the series.
But not at Wheeler’s expense. The Phillies could have moved him up to start Game 5, now set for Thursday night, on regular rest. The fact that they aren’t is the clearest signal yet that something isn’t right as he reaches the finish line of the longest season of his career. Wheeler acknowledged after Game 2 that he may have hit a wall, chalking up the velocity slide to being “just late in the season.” Thomson shot down a question about whether Wheeler is experience a recurrence of the elbow inflammation that caused him to miss five starts late in the season.In that case, the rain will buy Wheeler an extra day to catch his breath.
“I’m focused on pitching [Tuesday],” Suárez said through a team translator before Game 3 was postponed. “Ever since I was a kid, [the World Series] has been a dream of mine. So, I’m just trying to go out there and do my best.”
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