Maybe it was just three games. Three pivotal games so it has our attention and, therefore, could motivate us to draw broad conclusions when all it really has been is three games.
But for the first three games of the LCS those who would like to see the revival of the starting pitcher received, at minimum, a retro-ish 48 hours.
Those NLCS/ALCS games were won by Sean Manaea and Carlos Rodon, who made 32 starts each this season, and Jack Flaherty, who made 28. Flaherty authored seven shutout innings, Rodon one run in six, Manaea three runs (two earned) in five.
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