DocRed (06-07-2021)
How sure are you that this is actually a David Bell thing and not an analytics thing?
There's a reason so few SPs go deep anymore and the reason is analytics. Managers have cost their teams so many games over the years by leaving starters in.
That said, the better strategy only works when you actually have a bullpen of decent arms so *shrug*
I'd call up Riley O'Brien and Santillan and put them in the pen tomorrow. Get rid of Feliz & Doolittle. That's where I'd start. If Big Tony has a future with the Reds in the next 1-2 years he's gonna get it out of the pen.
DocRed (06-07-2021)
DocRed (06-07-2021)
A starter you are trying to get a full year out of who threw 20 innings last year?
Results oriented thinking at RedsZone is out of control. I'd love to play poker with a lot of y'all.
Edit: Also, this is a wild mischaracterization of the debate here. Y'all are arguing that it is RIDICULOUS that Miley was pulled after 5 in an attempt to keep his usage low. We are arguing that it was NOT ridiculous to pull him. Sending him out to start the 6th is not the decision I would have made, but it wouldn't have been absurd. Arguing that pulling him after 5 is absurd, however, IS absurd.
Last edited by PTjvs; 06-07-2021 at 10:30 AM.
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