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I was fine with leaving him in since another homer would have only tied it and what are the odds he gives up two in one inning? I was very nervous when he left him in after another base runner got on, since now one swing can win the game and the tying run is on base so even a double can tie it, but clearly Dusty had a feel that was spot on.Matt Williams would have pulled him after the homer and watched as Paps blew another save.
I didn't want Pap anywhere near the mound tonight.
So...who thought Dusty was making a colossal mistake leaving Max in after the JD Martinez dinger?It was a ballsy move to leave Scherzer in, and risk losing game to take a chance of letting one of your players tie or break a league record. But Dusty is a player's manager, and I can't imagine any player would have complained about his decision even if the Tigers tied or won the game.
Does Dusty go back to Zim at cleanup since the only reason why he used Murphy was his history vs Zimmermann. If he does I'll just chalk it up to Dusty's stubbornness to adapt.
Old Rust needs to shake up the lineup again.RevereRendonMurphyHarperZimmermanRamosWerthEspinosa
I like this and think it could work
Bat Espi ninth and the pitcher eight.
call up Turner and get rid of Espi
Get ride of Drew, kept Espi, but bring up Turner SOON!
I just want to see Ramos hitting 4th or 5th. You don't park a ~.350 hitter below the likes of Zimmerman and Werth.
If he could run with average speed, I'd agree.
I mean, none of our supposed cleanup hitters run, they're ALL GIDP candidates. Might as well have the guy who's actually hitting in that spot.
I'm not happy Bryce ran the bases there. Not happy at all.Maybe Trea will come up when Bryce goes on the DL, pushing Murphy into LF and Werth back into RF.
No to moving Murphy. He's scorching hot. Don't want to mess with his mindset.Let Heisey and Taylor platoon and Robinson can fit in behind them as needed.
