All these managers seem to overmanage in the Postseason.
Look at that genius Steven Vogt in Cleveland.
1st game of the Tigers Series they are up 7-0 and he brings in his closer Clase in the 9th. WHY?????
So next game it's 0-0 in the 9th and in comes Clase and proceeds to give up a 3 run HR. Why use him the day b4 in a 7-0 game????
Proceeds to use him in 4 of the 5 games. Luckily advances, but was he overused because the Yankees then lit him up a couple times.
It will be curious to see if Boone uses Holmes, Kahnle, and Weaver each and every game.......it came back to haunt him in extras yesterday. And Roberts was no better...using Kopech in the 9th was a suicide mission and game almost ended had the ball the fan caught gone about a foot further.
And yes there was a period of rest b4 the Series and there will be between games 2 & 3, but it's not just the rest but it's the opponent seeing the same pitcher 4-5-6-7 straight games. Just seems like a bad idea.
Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 10-26-2024 at 05:01 PM.
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