Except it wasn't, lol. That was gonna be a double either way (I would say maybe a triple, but given Torres's speed, unlikely)
What's sad is it's not even hindsight. How in the world did Boone bring in Cortes in that situation, given that he hadn't pitched in over a month when you have Tim Hill there, who's been lights out most of this postseason?? And yes, maybe it would have still been a loss with Tim Hill, but I think I speak for almost every Yankees fan that we would have lived and been okay with that, knowing it was still the right decision.
Boone will point to the career numbers against Cortes for Ohtani and Betts and Freeman for why he brought him in, but analytics don't account for the fact that Cortes is/was likely to be rusty as hell.
