Here you go. It all stays in here, do not flood other threads with it.
Players like Carpenter and Teheren just weren't ready for the moment. Young players who haven't had enough of pressure experiences in the bigs to know how to channel that energy. I would have used Kimbrel in the 8th and 9th for the same reason that Fredi went with Garcia. The moment would not be too big for either in an elimination game. And it wasn't hindsight for me as I was asking matchup pitching in 7th and Kimbrel for the final 2 innings.
Say Kimbrel starts struggling in the 9th. Gives up a lead-off hit or walk. Who cares? Hopefully he would've gone 1-2-3 in the 8th, getting through Puig and Uribe, and then you can bring in Carptner or whoever else to face the bottom third of the order.
Fredi needs to go but who's avaliable? I hear girardi might be avaliable
Fredi needs to go but who's avaliable? I hear girardi might be avaliable
Fire Fredi. He has done nothing to earn tenure like Bobby. He should have been fired after 2011.