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I don't think you want both kids in that play-off rotation...you want guys who won't soil their pants because it si their first high-pressure game ever...we can gamble on one of them (the kids)....but not both. In the play-offs, I think I would rather have Paxton...because his game is simpler and harder to screw up.
Also...it says here (as Doc would say) that Young was a horse the last time he was this healthy...so I don't worry about limiting his innings. Either his health issue is not truly fixed (and he'll break...and you've lost your #6 start...not the end of the world)...or it is fixed...and his smooth mechanics and low-impact pitching motion can throw 200 innings any time he wants them.
Elias should be protected by moving to the pen...the rotation post-Paxton should be Felix, Iwakuma, Paxton, Walker, Young. And in the play-offs, Walker moves to the pen.