If I start hearing at the deadline talk I'm going to flip. I hope Stearns isn't going to wait that long. This team needs a major league first baseman bat to drive in a few runs. The division is so weak. How bad do you want it?
This is why I would have reversed Rassmussen and Hader. No way Rassmuessen is going to get out of this inning without a run. Let him start a clean inning and give Hader the jam. I guess 9th inning is all Josh is contracted to pitch.
I wonder if it makes sense to wait to use Hader until the 10th since you start in a jam and a strikeout can help. Let a lesser guy work the bottom on the order clean. Tough call but worth a thought.