Hendriks is in.we should have a chance. We didn’t have a chance in the 10 th with Goodwin, Hernández, and XCollins coming up. Should have bunted with Goodwin. Rays move the runner to third but we can’t.Wow.
Between Vaughn and Goodwin we are getting no production. Goodwin with 4 Strike outs. Might as well had him bunt. We may have had a run with Cesar fly to CF if bunt successful. Vaughn being thrown out at theplate earlier in the game has come back to haunt us.
Worst decision of the year by TLR. The 8 th was TLR worst managed inning of the year.Kimbrel was really pissed. TLR tried to outsmart everyone andwouldhavebeen better off doing nothing.
TLR has been a terrible manager.Is Cruz Barry Bonds? I never seen in decades of baseball intentionally walk the bases loaded and place the lead off run in scoring position. Also take out one of the best relievers ever with 2 outs in the 8 th. Put TLR in mental IR.
Not sure. Arozarena pinch hitting was predictable and he has been hot. Bummer would need to face three also. I would have stayed with Kimbrel. Kimbrel very unhappy per MLB/Rays announcer. TLR tends to over manage in critical situations. The Rays announcers are roasting TLR big time. TLR really screwed this inning big time and possibly lose Kimbrel in the process. Can’t believe he Intentionally walk Cruz to load the bases and put the lead run in scoring position. This would get a lesser manager fired.
I would have preferred going for everyday slugging OF Joey Gallo rather than Kimbrel. We already had Kopech, Bummer and Hendriks. Kimbrel was a nice to have luxury but an everyday quality OF was a better option.