not sure why mayza wasnt used there, dont think the rays bench had anyone worthwhile to pitch hit over Lowe.
Yet another heartbreaking loss at the Trop. How does Schneider leave Romano in against the Lefty, when Mayza was warm and Romano clearly dealing with a finger issue. This was an absolute no brainer.
DigitalRock (09-23-2023)
When Romano sucks he sucks bad. 4 hits in 2/3 inning
Spanky99 (09-23-2023)
John Schneider is not smart lol
SPANKY is a hypocrite counter: 707
CdnSteeler (09-23-2023)
Trying to defend manager Schneider
Romano is not an elite closer anymore. He gives up too many walks/hits.
The right move was probably to bring in Mayza to face Lowe or walk Lowe to have Romano face Margot.
Regardless if Schneider brought in Mayza and he blew it, I bet some of the trolls would be complaining "why didn't Schneider leave Romano in!" haha.
"6.2 WAR as a 23 year old. Felix Hernandez doesn't suck." - Boxy
Romano is not elite, he never was, he's a 3 to 3.5 ERA caliber pitcher who will from time to time give up some runs.
So you have to sort of just deal with these losses and move on. It's not his fault. Elite closers are hard to get.
JS just said Romano was dealing with a cracked fingernail that happened last night.
It was a genius decision to force Romano to close the game today lol.
CdnSteeler (09-23-2023)