IGT 9/17/2020: NYM @ PHI -- Stumblin' In

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Why even bring in the closer with a 4 run lead. Jeezy

[Edgy MD]

Holy smokes. Bases loaded and two MVPs coming up.



Should have let Diaz sit down.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

We win

[Edgy MD]

WOWBOBWOW

[Edgy MD]

Four hours and 13 minutes.

[Edgy MD]

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[MFS62]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don't think his numbers suggest we should be using him 2 days in a row much less 3

Diaz has been pleading for more work, saying he pitches better with more frequent use.

I'm not sure this was overuse or the old "closers pitching in a non save situation" thingie.

The sample size of Mets having big leads in the ninth is too small to tell.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure this was overuse or the old "closers pitching in a non save situation" thingie.

Apart from the data, though, he just looked gassed.

[Edgy MD]

The thingie (the new thingie) is that warming up a guy and not using him has come to be seen as really bad form by a manager, and interpreted almost as an insult by the reliever in question. And the manager is setting himself up for If I suck tomorrow, I'll be blamed, and the data will show I'm well-rested, but you had me throw 30 pitches in the bullpen for NOTHING.



But there's got to be some nuance. OK, he threw 30 pitches in the pen and he's probably no good for tomorrow and maybe the day after. But now he's thrown 30 more, under duress, and is probably down for a longer stretch.



Acknowledge that the situation you got him up for no longer exists, and cut your losses.