The Braves haven’t announced plans for the playoff rotation but they gave an idea of which way they might go when manager Fredi Gonzalez announced Tuesday they would flip-flip Mike Minor and Julio Teheran during this weekend’s series against the Phillies.
Rookie David Hale will get a spot start Thursday against the Phillies and the second major league start of his career. Kris Medlen will start Friday, followed by the left-handed Minor on Saturday and Teheran on Sunday. That would allow both Medlen and Minor an extra day’s rest leading into the division series, if Medlen pitches Game 1, and Minor Game 2. And Teheran could pitch Game 3 on six days’ rest.
“We could change it,” Gonzalez said. “We’ve got those three days (next week) off so it’s not official that those are the three that we’re going to. We just want to give some guys some extra days here or there. If we do choose, it could fit that way also.”
Hale pitched five shutout innings in a Sept. 13 start against the Padres, making an impressive major league debut. He struck out nine batters and walked one but took a no-decision after the Padres rallied to score four runs off the Braves bullpen to win 4-3.
