[Roxpert]

We have to hope that, A) Franklin Morales becomes a passable #5 starter when he's called up for Saturday's start, and B) Clint Hurdle is smart enough to skip either Jimenez or Morales in the rotation whenever we have a week with an off-day, to keep Francis/Cook/Fogg pitching on 4-days rest and getting the most starts possible. In other words, we can have a "4.X man rotation" for the rest of the season.......4-man for weeks with off-days, and 5-man for weeks without off-days.

We have seven weeks left in the season. For five of those weeks (including this one), we have an off-day. Unfortunately, one of those five weeks has a day-night doubleheader against the Dodgers, so that week won't count. Effectively, then, we have four of the next seven weeks where we DON'T have to use or worry about our 5th best starter. Any good manager would skip his 5th starter for those four weeks.

I doubt Clint is smart enough to do that, however.