When your closer has already been run into the ground and clearly can't find the strike zone. You don't manage him like ChatGPT would just because he's a "closer". He's still a human.
100% on Murphy. Devin is not a robot. He's been run into the ground lately, was run into the ground last night and was run into the ground again tonight.
Pat all smug last night about a reporter asking why Megill couldn't pitch the 8th because he hasn't gone in awhile, but Devin can be run into the ground.
Got it. Great call, Murph. Thanks for this one.
If he's not ready to pitch in an MLB game he should have been sent on a rehab assignment. Calling him up and basically saying he can't be used his first 2 games is a senseless waste of roster space.
You know what's crazy? These guys were actually much worse in the 90s when there was really NO accountability for their actions, when there was no statcast or AI or Hawk Eye to show the world when they blew a call.
Now they at least have eyes on them and social media telling them they suck, even though we haven't really accomplished anything beyond that.
It should be bases loaded, nobody out.
I absolutely despise umpires that go, "well, the count is 3-0, so I'm going to give him a little extra or "well, the count is 0-2, so I better shrink the zone some."
THE DAMN ZONE IS THE SAME IN ANY COUNT.
Myers doing his best Matt Garza impression out there.
Pitchers who can't make accurate throws to bases always blew my mind. You'd think by virtue of their job they'd be the most accurate throwers on the field.
At least the Cardinals screwed it up anyway.
I wasn't thrilled with the Burnes trade at the time but it's hard to say in hindsight that it was bad. No doubt this would have been Burnes' last year as a Brewer, trade or not.
So I'd say getting 6 years of a 3 WAR middle infielder alone makes losing the final year more than worth it.