Jackass is absolutely right about Francis and getting one extra start from your ace, and one fewer start from your #5 guy. I've written about that as well previously. True contenders with a brain would do exactly that.
It's not "panic" to make this one tweak to the rotation when handed off-days. It's being smart in an effort to win a playoff spot. We probably can't do it anyway, but why not pull out all the stops to try? As long as such measures are not damaging to the team longer term (and going on 4 days rest isn't), the manager would be foolish not to put his best players out there as often as possible down the stretch.
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