My guess is the whole team is going to need a day off in this period. We have a very weird schedule to start, 18 games in 19 days. Normally the first part of the season has more off days. That is a rough start, we are about half way through it.
My guess is everyone gets a no start- PH day in there, but we will see. Certainly our marginal starters, like Casty should not be asked to start like that.
I do think a day to clear a players head is helpful. It is too much sometimes when you are slumping to just keep doing the same thing, there really is very little down time for these guys between games, travel, preparation, etc. it is a long season, donât want to make the start of the season a grind, even if the schedule maker does it to the team.
Some guys take better to an off day, some donât. I honestly donât have a feel for how Castellanos would feel about it. Catchers are used to it, but OF are less experienced at it.
