First of all, good luck to Boston.
With Manuel Jiminez getting hurt, and being the Bruins second starting pitcher going down in the last months the Bruins will head into the series against the team with the best offense with only three starting pitchers (including team Co-Ace Declan Parsons).
The Bruins will give the ball to Ethan Pickup and Harvey Phillips in the first pair of games in Boston where the Bruins were 1-2 this season. Not having home-field against a team like the Rebels and being down two of their top four starters in a series will likely catch-up with the Bruins (Boston has the best home record in the league).
Bruins manager Brad Anderson is going to have to regulate his rotation and bullpen (one of whom will more than likely have to spot start, candidates being Joe Brooks or Domingo Ruiz) better than he ever has as Jiminez leaves a huge gap within the teams rotation.
Can a team really win a postseason series with three pitchers? LA came close in 2010 when they lost two guys and ManRod, Joe Brooks and Jiminez did that dance and got the team within a game of the World Series. In 2011 they tried it with Manuel Jiminez only (all four others were on the DL), and Joe Brooks made his first start back since May in the playoffs and was happy greeted by Pittman and Co.
Boston's bats are the best in the league, and before all the injuries the Bruins arms were the best. It's going to be interesting to see if the arms of Bolden, Pickup, and Phillips can hold up against this very proflic offense that is the Boston Rebels...
We've acknowledged before it's either Boston or San Francisco for GM of the year, and it will test the mind of the Bruins and take everything they have to beat such a fantastic Boston roster whose without their star starter Lara and stud Rosa.
The schedule breaks down:
LA @ BOS - GM1 Ethan Pickup
LA @ BOS - GM2 Harvey Phillips
BOS @ LA - GM3 Ricky Bolden
BOS @ LA
BOS @ LA (IF NECC)
LA @ BOS (IF NECC)
LA @ BOS
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