Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
Braves % to win the division jumped from 67.3% to 72.7% after yesterdays win and to make the playoffs in general from 86.7% to 89.6%.

Playing your direct competition does have a bigger swing.
Yes, and a win vs any other team would have been roughly half that much....a swing of about 1%.

It’s logical to take the position that guys don’t need rest right now. Maybe they don’t. Definitely possible.

It’s not logical to emphasize a game vs the Nats in June as reason not to rest guys.

It’s not logical to suggest the Nats are going to make decisions based on a series in June.

The plan to proactively rest guys more often this season hasn’t really happened. Whether it happened today isn’t really the point, but this was just as good a day as any to schedule a day off.