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Originally Posted by Sweed
So what manager IRL knows the exact penalty of leaving in a pitcher? The game strives to simulate real life not to be a mathematical problem to be solved. Of course that is just MHO.
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The TB Rays who are perceived to use that data in decision making more than most, certainly understand that circumstances may dictate different choices.
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Kevin Cash, Rays: “I pulled them quicker than anybody and probably took a lot of heat for it. Coming into the season, we felt that was the best chance for us to win. Looking back, when it works it works, and everybody is happy. When it doesn’t work, there are people who want to ask questions, which we understand.
“Times through the order, we value that — not to the extent of maybe what is brought up, but we do value it. We also value the eye test and how our pitchers are doing in that given start. We let Chris Archer stay out there plenty of times late in ballgames, and along with [Jake] Odorizzi, had we had Alex Cobb, had we had Drew Smyly, we probably would have been talking about different situations.“
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Individual pitcher performance in MLB is volatile. It would be a huge error in judgement to not factor in the "eye" test for certain pitchers as Cash indicates above.
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