Managers of contenders and non-contenders alike often talk about wanting to put their best lineups on the field late in the season out of some sense of fairness to other teams, but not Davey Johnson.
Johnson told Mark Zuckerman of CSNWashington.com that once the Nationals lock up the division title he?s going to rest regulars even if other people think that might be helping one of their late-season opponents like the Cardinals:
I really don?t give a rat?s ass what somebody thinks about my club and who I put on the field to either help somebody else or I?m not supposed to rest my regulars after we clinch it, I?m resting my regulars. End of conversation.
Fair enough. You win a division so convincingly that you can essentially take the final week off and ? well, you?ve earned it. Tough for anyone that might hurt, but resting regulars in baseball isn?t quite like doing the same in basketball or even football. It?s not as if Johnson has trotted out the same lineup for 150 games already. And of course in the Nationals? case their previously choosing to ?rest? Stephen Strasburg will overshadow, say, Adam LaRoche getting a couple days off.
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