Weekend rotation

One of the thoughts on why you throw Hjerpe first is that it seems like he can pitch on short rest.  He threw 93 pitches against McNeese State in game two last year and then came back on one days' rest to throw an additional 20 against Dallas Baptist.

That is somewhat reminiscent of Matt Boyd in 2013, who Casey threw first in the Regional, and it worked out.  In the Super Regional, Boyd threw 123 pitches on Saturday and then threw 21 for the save on Monday on one day's rest.  At Omaha, he threw an inning on Saturday and then came back on three days' rest to throw 116 pitches in a complete game four-hit 1-0 shutout.

Joe Paterson (Saturday starter) threw six innings in game one in 2007 against Rutgers, and Turpen threw three innings to pick up his first save in the season.  Casey saved Mike Stutes for Virginia to no avail.  Stutes threw 6.1 but threw to one too many hitters, which allowed the Cavs to tie the game up in the seventh, the Beavs ultimately dropping the game in 13 innings.  Tropical Storm Barry rolled through on the third, wiping out Sunday and moving everything back a day.  That enabled Turpen to throw 7.1 innings over the two games (picked up the save in game one against Rutgers and started game two against Virginia) on Monday on two days' rest.  Paterson also threw 3.2 innings on Monday on two days' rest and additional 3 innings on Tuesday.  Paterson remained in the pen for the rest of the postseason.  Stutes also returned on two days' rest and threw 4.1 in his Tuesday start.

It would not surprise me, if Mitchy Slick throws Hjerpe like Nickerson, if pressed.  I don't know if Hjerpe will be able to answer that call, though.  Plus, hopefully, the 2022 staff is deeper than the one in 2006.