Alex Gee said:
There's literally no reason to pitch anyone in tonight's game. This win/loss moves the needle zero in any way. Win the ACC, get a top 8. Payne, Fanning, Dienes, Labriola, Halford, Wimbish, heck even Bechtel.
Nobody that's thrown a consequential inning in ACC play should pitch tonight. Zero reason for it. Playing the game that matters on Thursday lets you attack the tournament like a 3 game series against 3 different opponents.
Highfill tomorrow. Dom on Saturday. Whit for the title. Have the bullpen full go for those 3 because of what you're able to do tonight. The point of getting a top 4 seed is that we don't have to use anybody!
Exactly. You have to win three games to win an ACC title, today's game is not one of those games. While technically you could throw a better arm for a few innings today and bring them back Sunday, why would you do that?
ETA: With regards to losing the game affecting hosting, the committee in years past has not placed a lot of importance on the outcome of the conference tournament unless you win it. Who knows how they feel this year, but that has been the case in the past.
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