"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
The other exception I'd supply is if the Braves had had a very large lead—say it was 10-1 instead of 3-1—then I think there's latitude to let Toussaint (or Wright or whoever) make a go of TTO, given a low pitch count and desire to "save" the bullpen a bit. As it stood, the margin was slim, Snitker was too slow to react, and the end result was putting the bullpen in position to potentially pitch even more high-leverage innings (if not for the Markakis bail-out walk-off).
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Chris Martin to the DL, fortunately the bullpen is deep enough to manage his loss, especially with Smith back in the fold now.
The #Braves today placed RHP Chris Martin on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to August 6, with an esophageal constriction and recalled RHP Chad Sobotka to Atlanta. The club also claimed LHP Robbie Erlin off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
jpx7 (08-07-2020)
Under normal circumstances, yes. If the bottom has really fallen out of his bat this year—as some of the underlying metrics seem to indicate—then, no.
And under normal, non-pandemic-season circumstances, I'd urge patience—thirteen games is relatively nothing, Inciarte's always a slow starter, and it's even tougher to determine if he's actually experiencing a defensive regression (which would be a much bigger deal) on top of a hypothetical offensive regression. However, considering that tonight's game represents the one-quarter mark of the season for Atlanta, it's hard to fault Snitker for pushing "abort" on Inciarte so soon—especially since his best outcome is, essentially, elite defense with slight-below-average offense.
For this reason and more, I still with they'd given more of a look to Schebler; at least he's a lefty with power—and, unlike Adams, can play OF.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."