Ya I like to crap on the Jays a lot but I don't mind that send. Weak fielder who had to make a perfect throw to barely get him.
We had our 9th hitter coming up, although we could have pinch hit for him.
Ya thats where I was going with this. Obviously Devers isn't Bonds but he is the Bonds of that lineup. The drop-off from him to the next best hitter is massive and that's why you sometimes have to throw away baseball 101 stuff.
But you also need to look at the situation. It was gonna be runner on 2nd and 1B open with Devers up. You probably walk him anyways so wtf are u really challenging here?