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Originally Posted by TheKilo
Who should have come in during the 8th then? I swear Rivera is your best BP arm.
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I know he is. Some of this is frustration but look at how he got into that mess.
Papi leading off, 4 run lead. I do not like Myers in this spot because you are more concerned with walking him than you are getting him out. In a close game with Papi up in a big spot, Myers could always go at him and if he walks him, he walks him. A 4 run lead in the 8th and Papi leading off changes how you pitch to him and negates your primary lefty specialist. I would not have used Vizcaino especially after he got bombed against the Indians the day before. In that spot, I would have kept Proctor in after he threw 8 pitches to bail Pettitte out and then shut him down for the rest of the series. If no to Proctor, then I'd use Bruney who has been one of our best relievers to this point. If not Bruney, then Henn who has been very good especially vs the lefties. In no way do I bring in the guy with the biggest control problem in our pen into a game where a walk is killer.