You have a habit of contradicting yourself. You keep spouting about how much you hate the word "if" and then you want to talk about "if the Sox play the Jays in the playoffs".
I had two jabs, eventually got COVID but the symptoms were not as severe as cases of flu I've had. And that seems to have been the general experience of others I know who got vaxed and then got COVID.
Cora also wanted Schreiber available for tonight's game. So he let Danish pitch the 8th against weaker hitters, and that part worked.
He was handcuffed by only having one good right handed reliever.
If Scheiber pitched the 7th and 8th you're still left with Danish and Robles to pitch the 9th.
Nothing wrong with questioning the moves, but I think Cora had legit reasons for what he did.
The question is whether they leave Whitlock in the rotation for now, which could move Hill to the pen.
They could move Whitlock to the pen later, depending on his innings target for the year.