Kevin Cash may have cost his team the World Series.
That was Aaron Boone-esqueKevin Cash may have cost his team the World Series.
Horrific move by Cash...uggggg.
OK @GoAwayStaal looks like you got me on this bet and so we are even withh bets.
What charity do you want me to donate too or do you want me to send it to you via paypal? LMK
Eat plates of shit Tampa.
Pick a charity of your choice.
unreal lol
This is such a Boone answer. Losers Lose and this sounds like a pansy ass response. Just say you f***ed up and own it. But nahhh these managers are too sucked into the analytics they wont speak bad of them otherwise they might be burnt at the stake
Kevin Cash's decision to pull Snell early exemplified everything that is wrong with baseball right now. Overthinking, sheer arrogance, smarter than everyone else decision-making. The Yankees did the exact same thing in Game 2 of the ALDS.
Some organizations would rather make unconventional and risky choices, in hopes of looking like a "genius," rather than putting their best players in a position to succeed. Eventually this approach will drive players away, Snell did not sound happy tonight.
Cash's justification wasn't really an "analytics" decision, though. He just said he didn't want Snell to have to go through the lineup a third time, with Betts coming up. Not facing a lineup a third time is up there with not allowing a guy to throw more than 100 pitches or obsessively trying to match up with LHP/LHH and RHP/RHH late in games (aka the death of the complete game), and it's really become prevalent in the last 20 years. I agree it was a silly decision as the three guys he would potentially face were 0-6 with 6 K's to that point, but I don't think it's an analytics-fueled thing.And that's why I lean towards not being a fan of analytics. Do they have their place? Yes. But the problem is - so many teams over-rely on them now.
Cash's justification wasn't really an "analytics" decision, though. He just said he didn't want Snell to have to go through the lineup a third time, with Betts coming up. Not facing a lineup a third time is up there with not allowing a guy to throw more than 100 pitches or obsessively trying to match up with LHP/LHH and RHP/RHH late in games (aka the death of the complete game), and it's really become prevalent in the last 20 years. I agree it was a silly decision as the three guys he would potentially face were 0-6 with 6 K's to that point, but I don't think it's an analytics-fueled thing.
It's been pointed out elsewhere that this kind of aggressive pitching change is something the Rays have done all year, to great success. So it wasn't really out of character for them and had worked quite well. Again, I don't agree with it, but they got to that point employing those tactics.
And that's why I lean towards not being a fan of analytics. Do they have their place? Yes. But the problem is - so many teams over-rely on them now.