Agreed. Not Counsell's finest managerial moment. I think he immediately knew it too. He keeps on trying to shoehorn Claudio into a late-inning stopper role, and he may be nothing more than a solid, but soon-to-be-extint LOOGY. I mean he should know this already. Righties vs. Claudio for his career: .797 OPS. Lefties, .489. This season, .797 for righties, .422 for lefties. Literally nothing has changed, regardless of much they might insist on how they view Claudio. The evidence has always been there for him that he shouldn't put Claudio in those situations and Counsell has got no one to blame but himself for the result. Facts