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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
The positive is that this is a game that we should have marked as an L before it happened. At least, it was competitive. I guess they saved Pearson to pitch tomorrow in leverage but I would have liked him to have come in instead of Garcia to keep it to a one run game.
It is the second time Schneider has pinch hit for Varsho in high impact situations…both times when he was high up in the order. Why put him in a key position in the lineup if you won’t let him hit when the game matters. To me, the worst you would get out of Varsho is a strike out and the best you could hope for is a home run. The worst you would get out of Kirk is a double play and the best is a double.
Fun fact: this season, with about 25% more at bats, Varsho has almost 2.5x more home runs than Kirk has doubles and twice as many doubles as Kirk does.
Replacing Biggio with Kirk would have made a lot more sense.
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This. Schneider just needed to get out of his own way.