There simply was nobody better to bring in on Friday Since Cordero was warm in the pen, I strongly disagree. You tell me what you would have done on Friday. I'd have let Wise pitch, and if they were determined to make a change, pitched Cordero. Or let Aquino start the inning clean. Anyone of those three moves would have been better than what they did. Wise had already thrown 18 pitches which is about his limit 18 pitches isn't even a full inning, normally. I'd like to see some source that confirms that is his limit. And if there is something that says that, there should be more questions being raised as to why Wise was even allowed to start the inning, as he threw a whopping two pitches prior to getting lifted. If it was truly a pitch-count related pulling, then that makes even less sense. Why is using the guy you do have available so wrong that Yost is a bad manager? I have NEVER said that Yost is a bad manager, I actually think he's 2nd in the division behind Tony. But it IS ok to admit that he does make a bad decision occasionally, rather than trying to defend the indefensible.