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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 2563404, member: 2504"] So it sounds like for now the Sunday starter will probably be either Chase Gardner or Jeffrey Kersten, with the edge seemingly going to Gardner for now. While the edge seems to go to Gardner at this point, it sounds like the coaches are impressed Kersten's efficiency and the chance that he could go deep into games while not throwing a ton of pitches. Whoever doesn't get the Sunday start sounds like they will be penciled into becoming the main midweek starter. The coaches sound like they really like Dunlop, but want to start him in the bullpen to start the season, with it possible that he could emerge as a weekend starter down the road depending on what happens. Sounds like they like Dunlop's stuff enough that they want to keep him working at least the weekend conference games no matter what. Look for him to get looks out of the bullpen early in the season, and then we will see how things work out. With the way the schedule is structured, a second weekday starter would be needed for four games. Of course there is always a chance that rescheduled games due to bad weather could change that. But the second weekday starter doesn't see that much work, so hopefully that pitcher would be getting some work out of the pen as well. The first time a second weekday starter would be needed would be on the spring break trip to South Carolina, which would be after the fourth weekend of the season. After that a fifth starter wouldn't be needed until the last two weeks of April. If Dunlop does happen to emerge later in the season as the Sunday starter, then it would seem that Gardner and Kersten get the weekday starts. [/QUOTE]

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