The Carrera Pinch hit

[RealAccountant]

I think that so many people have complained about this one move it deserves its own thread.

 

With Pillar at second and 2 down Gibby had to make a move for an injured Donaldson. He decided to pinch hit Carrera over Colabello Navarro and others. I simply cannot find an answer for this.

 

Suppose that the reasoning was that he might need Cola later in the game. Perhaps. But when we look at his bench we will see that a Cola pinch hit later in the game was just not possible. With no more infielders Pennington and Goins would have to remain in the game. So the only legitimate candidate that Cola could have pinched hit for was Smoak against a LHP. In that case Navarro was always there.

 

I think Gibby messed up here and simply got out managed. Carrera is not a very good hitter and that showed in the at bat. Rangers took Gallardo out of the game after this, and this was really the turning point. A hit there and Bautista gets an at bat with a chance to tie or take the lead

[Daniel Labude]

Gibby always messes up. Been proven before and will be again, hopefully after the World Series victory.

[JFD]

Gibbons is an ******* plain and simple.

[Stangstag]

I think that so many people have complained about this one move it deserves its own thread.

 

With Pillar at second and 2 down Gibby had to make a move for an injured Donaldson. He decided to pinch hit Carrera over Colabello Navarro and others. I simply cannot find an answer for this.

 

Suppose that the reasoning was that he might need Cola later in the game. Perhaps. But when we look at his bench we will see that a Cola pinch hit later in the game was just not possible. With no more infielders Pennington and Goins would have to remain in the game. So the only legitimate candidate that Cola could have pinched hit for was Smoak against a LHP. In that case Navarro was always there.

 

I think Gibby messed up here and simply got out managed. Carrera is not a very good hitter and that showed in the at bat. Rangers took Gallardo out of the game after this, and this was really the turning point. A hit there and Bautista gets an at bat with a chance to tie or take the lead

 

Carrera is a LH hitter, maybe he has better numbers against Gallardo. Plus Cola is very susceptible to hitting into a double play, and I think Revere was on first and less than 2 outs at that point. Plus it meant we could have used Cola later in the game if the opportunity came up.

 

Gibbons knows what he's doing.

[pickoff22]

You're not going to use Navarro in the 5th inning and burn your only backup catcher. And you're using a LH batter. Nothing wrong with this move.

[CHRIS]

You're not going to use Navarro in the 5th inning and burn your only backup catcher.

 

Even less likely, when the emergency catcher is the guy being replaced as well.

[RealAccountant]

You're not going to use Navarro in the 5th inning and burn your only backup catcher. And you're using a LH batter. Nothing wrong with this move.

 

Carrera is barely a replacement level bat and I don't even this he is that in his career

 

So any left handed batter would have done? Maybe I should have suited up

[Followthelight]

Gibby is not a good manager. news at 11. Carerra is not a MLB level player.

 

Carrera is a LH hitter, maybe he has better numbers against Gallardo. Plus Cola is very susceptible to hitting into a double play, and I think Revere was on first and less than 2 outs at that point. Plus it meant we could have used Cola later in the game if the opportunity came up.

 

Gibbons knows what he's doing.

 

BWHAHAHAHAHAHA, thanks for the laugh.

[KingKat]

You're not going to use Navarro in the 5th inning and burn your only backup catcher. And you're using a LH batter. Nothing wrong with this move.

 

Yeah Navarro is only an option IF Donaldson is still in the game and can act as the emergency catcher. Once you take Donaldson out of the lineup, you basically take out Navarro too. Any other player and it would have been fine. That being said Navarro isn't really better than Cola for pinch hitting anyways (at least I don't think so).

[KingKat]

Carrera is a LH hitter, maybe he has better numbers against Gallardo.

 

There's just no way that Carrera has accumulated a significant sample against Gallardo. I'd be shocked if he even has 10 PAs.