Johnson could be able to do it, we´ll see. Schilling hasn´t done it so far because he can´t. The Diamondbacks aren´t really thinking about using him on three days rest, it seems like they might use Johnson on three days rest, but only if they are in desperate need of a W.
I agree that both Johnson and Schilling pitched brilliant this year, but the Yankees do have some options. They could bring in Velarde for Martinez at first and Spencer for O´Neill in right. That would take away alot from Johnson, since he has great lifetime stats against the NY lefties.
A problem for Arizona is that they need this to be a series with dominant pitching, when it comes to offensive firepore they are overmatched by the Yankees. On the other hand NY´s good starting pitchers along with the awesome bullpen could be able to battle it out with Johnson and Schilling.
That´s why I favor NY, they are not as one dimensional as Arizona.
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