You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched strategies when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against Cora when a game is on the line!' Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
It has nothing to do with bargain rates or Bloom being a fortune teller. You ADD at the deadline to bolster your pen. Adding another arm (better than Robles and Davis) would have mitigated any risk of Barnes slowing down or could at least stretch a game from lock down 8th and 9th (Otto and Barney) to a lockdown once you got to the 7th.