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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The problem with Ohtani is he's so multi-dimensional that he can hurt you every way.
Pitch to him and he can crush you for a homer.
Walk him with nobody on base and he can steal 2nd and he's in scoring position (Jays were very fortunate on that steal attempt because he was safe before he tried to switch legs on the bag)
In the end the safest move is to intentionally walk him, and they should have in the 7th inning, but I do get why it's a tough call.
There is an alternate universe where they walk him in the 7th, he steals 2nd, and then Betts or Freeman knock in the tying run and we are sitting here questioning the decision to put the tying run that's a huge threat to steal on base.
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or Betts/Freeman hits a home run and it's now a 2 run homer instead of a solo. Schneider would be called a coward.
I would have pitched to Ohtani in the 7th as well. WORSE case, it's a tie game. Obviously they couldn't pitch to him in extras.