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@mlbeuphoria Because, other than Cade Smith, he’s our most consistent reliever. You know he’ll give up 1 run and send it to the next inning.

Will Holderman get the final out or plunk two batters? Will Gaddis strike out the side or give up a 3 run gopher ball? No one knows.

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@dre1929331 @CLESportPrspctv If it were that simple then it wouldn’t be so frustrating.

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@CLESportPrspctv @ljf1017 I meant “walk a batter WITH the bases loaded”.

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@CLESportPrspctv @ljf1017 At least Festa is consistent. He’s probably not gonna hit two batters in a row. And he’s probably not gonna walk the bases loaded.

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@Scottyr12 @BelowAverageOPS At worst, he gives up his second homer of the inning and goes into his next start with a tired arm.

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@habsjr @gabbgoudy Bazzana has been terrible against lefties. It’s not analytics, it’s common sense.

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@bernie_ple28263 100+ pitches, a man on first, already gave up a homer in the inning, 1 run lead. It was the right call.

Holderman has succeeded in that spot multiple times this season.

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@Sara_Tonyn @wahoowalk Williams had thrown 100 pitches and a guy was on first. It was the right call. And there was no reason to think Holderman would do that.

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@bennyhanna2467 @guardland10 Yeah. Not a fan of that.

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@guardland10 @bennyhanna2467 He was trying to block the catcher’s throwing lane.

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@bennyhanna2467 He did nothing wrong. He’s just really s l o w.

Now, whoever called for that bunt. No bueno.

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@FlyOhioAviation Yep. It always happens to me when the game is on FOX.

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@sportsin_cle I’ve already made that decision. I only watch the Guardians.

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@GuardsJoey You’ll never get that attitude from Matt Fest!

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@stevenkwanshat Him and Schneemann.

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@DadintheLand Gotta give him a ton of credit for fixing whatever was wrong.

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@angelo7266 Seems to be a popular opinion. But why wouldn’t you want your best hitters in the lineup? Or, conversely, why would you purposely have hitters face pitchers you think they’re gonna struggle against?

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@Sara_Tonyn @CurselessinNEO I didn’t forget.

The point is that Bazzana has proven himself to be a valuable bat against the majority of MLB pitchers. Genao hasn’t.

I really hope he is everything you expect him to be, but at this point he still trails Juan Brito in hits.

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@Sara_Tonyn @CurselessinNEO Bazzana is hitting.269/.358/.462 in 212 ABs against righties.

You said Genao is the best bat. No, not until he can beat that line.

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@dre1929331 @GuardsBurner_ Now THAT would have been managerial malpractice. Not taking advantage of an opportunity to get in their bullpen in the first inning and at the same time not getting rid of a leftie when they struggle against them would have been foolish.