No manager is ever going to say “I should have used X player instead of Y player because Y player failed”
The players need to know their manager believes in them. You don’t throw your guys under the bus after the fact (unless its lack of effort or attitude or something)
I must admit im not too familiar with the situation, but Jomboy and other NY guys have been talking about it. Cabrera has been a disaster in LF in the playoffs
Trying to fit Cabrera into the lineup in LF, now playing him at SS instead of IKF when IKF has been struggling for months… lots of people saying Cabrera should have had regular play time at SS for the last month or so of the season.