Madden being the least likely to get a W all year is a stretch. His total ERA is 2.66. Pete at 1.88 for total but he had a ton of Tuesday starts so that is a bit skewed. Recently is where we’ve seen Ty struggle the most, which we agree to, but his start against WV was the closest he’s been to his usual self since the first 3 quarters of the season. That’s a good sign to see and hopefully more to come.
I’m with you tho on Klub, and the whole reason we are starting Stevens this game is to have him later in the series only goes so far imo. Start Klub game one, madden game 2 and stevens game 3. You don’t have to worry about not pitching Pete bc he will come into relief for Stevens game 3. Pete has done it before and wouldn’t be a big deal. This all is predicted with them taking care of business in 3 but this team is more than capable to do it from the draw they were dealt. I think the last bit of your post is really the only reason we are seeing Stevens start game one.