Philadelphia Phillies fans: "I hate this, I hate it a lot" "Rain actually working on our favor. How about that"

Loads of baseball fans expressed their frustration about the game's cancelation due to the weather. Phillies fans shared their insights with conflicting opinions about the sudden pitching rotation change that saw Ranger Suarez replace Noah Syndergaard as Game 3's starter.

With Suarez manning the starting role for Game 3, Aaron Nola was named as Game 4's starter. Syndergaard will take over the starting role for Game 5, the Philadelphia Phillies' last home game of the 2022 season.

While some liked the move, another portion of the fanbase couldn't help but be baffled and wondered if ace Zack Wheeler was nursing an injury. The earliest Wheeler can start another World Series game is if it stretches to Game 6 back in Houston.

Suarez's insertion as the starter for the next game means that there will be a bullpen battle between the two squads. This will ultimately favor the Houston Astros as they had the most prolific bullpen in almost every pitching category during the regular season and the postseason.

Philadelphia Phillies could have a problem against the Houston Astros

Game 3 is expected to be a battle of the bullpens, with Ranger Suarez starting for the Philadelphia Phillies and Lance McCullers starting for the Houston Astros.

Philadelphia's offense, which has scored the most runs batted in with 64 this postseason and has the second-best OPS with .729, has a big problem. The Houston Astros' bullpen will be a massive challenge for them to overcome.

Houston's bullpen boasts an absurd 0.89 ERA and 0.80 WHIP in nine postseason games this year. They have only given up four home runs, with the same number of earned runs on 19 base hits in those games.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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