Fernandez was originally scheduled to start today against Atlanta. They pushed him back one day so he could start at home against the Mets. He's a phenomenal pitcher at home, and there's been a simmering feud between the Marlins and Mets over the last few years -- so they were altering their pitching rotation just to do as much damage to the Mets' playoff standing.
I'm sure he wouldn't have been out at 3:00 AM if he was scheduled to start today. Heck -- he wouldn't even have been in Miami.
I think you have a pretty solid conjecture there for sure. In 8 games against the Mets for his career he was 3-0. So mostly no decisions but no losses. He was 7-0 against the Nats in 10 games.
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Yes, the course of events did make this possible.
It also made it possible for him to be in bed on time and avoid bad situations late at night too.
We make our own choices, and sometimes we don’t think of the possibilities.