The flip side is these guys are working in their roles as is.. in some respects, Hinch has more flexibility in high leverage, non-9th inning situations.
I hate the use of replay to look for the millisecond when you might have come off the bag. Just a complete waste of time.
Wtf are you thinking stealing 3rd when arguably your hottest hitter is up to bat???? I just don't get it.
I wouldn't say Gregerson is necessarily working right now... blown 3 out of his last 4 save attempts, and had the 9th inning meltdown against Seattle prior to that. He also didn't look great last night. The one-run save is really where you need the full value of a solid closer... most bullpen guys can rack-up gaudy save numbers by getting the 3 run variety. I know some managers are loyal to a fault... and will only wait till you have a lot of negative results prior to making a move, and Hinch seems to be no exception. I prefer the preventative approach, acting/reacting BEFORE the repeated poor outings... ah well, hope Luke has it tonight.
Agree w Nick... Luke is far from our best option at closer now but for whatever (non)reason hinch keeps trotting him out there bc.... Hinch.
Luke is not bad. He has given up no runs in his last three outings. He has given up more than one run only once this month.
3 blown saves and, one 9th inning tie game meltdown, in a month is not good. He's a solid bullpen pitcher... but a fairly mediocre closer.
Yes that's what you're looking for in your closer... "Not bad" He's a mediocre closer... No need to cherry pick stats.
Good job Luke.... glad I brought all that negative energy to be fully prepared for a blown save, but very pleasantly happy with a solid 1 run save.
