The tarp is back on the field. There is more rain coming. They just need to eat it and play tomorrow. It sucks. But there is no reason for it to suck, and/or injuries to occur, and/or this game to not start until midnight local.
I don’t know what this is supposed to prove.
A pitcher’s job is to get outs. Doesn’t matter what inning. Vest has better numbers in the 8th than he does in the 9th in his career. So I guess by that analysis, he shouldn’t be a closer.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=vestwi01&t=p&year=Career
It probably doesn’t help Vest that they see him two days in a row. That’s a good lineup over there. If the Tigers are playing the Twins or Angels, back to back outings probably work out better.
So, on a serious note, maybe some of the carping and complaining forgets to take into consideration that there is a varsity team in the other dugout, and this series is, as you said, against a really good team and on the road.
Yup. Probably not the best game to have right after the trade deadline given their needs, the perception of how those needs were addressed, and how this game was lost.