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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4329212, member: 27"]
I suspect they would prefer to pitch Walker Tuesday because they want to be conservative with Jake and not push him too hard.  Pitching in Yankee Stadium against the Yankees, with a full house and lots of emotion, on only 4 days rest,  might be setting Jake up for getting hurt again.

If Walker is okay to go, Jake would get 2 extra days rest (Wednesday is a day off).  If the goal is to keep Jake healthy and available for the playoffs, I think this is the way to go.  The Mets have been very conservative about dealing with Jake's injury this time and it has worked.  I have no issues with continuing to do this.

With 2 off days coming in the next week, this is a chance to give everyone a much needed rest.  We don't have to put Max and Jake out there every 5th day and I don't think we should.  There are 4 off days scheduled for September, which should allow the Mets to continue to give the starting pitchers an extra day of rest here and there.  This would be great IMHO.
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