My argument is in the reply I posted to Jackson. It was a game situation call. Cora didn't want Wacha to face Ohtani there. Cora was treating this as a virtual must-win.
You have to look at the specifics of the game, too.
Sox ahead 2-0. Wacha is left in to face Ward and Trout for the third time each. Trout gets on and Ohtani is up with a chance to tie the game. Cora goes to the lefty.
It's just further proof of how silly the stats for saves and blown saves are.
Maybe someone will start separately tracking "Blown Saves due to Manfred Man".
Just say no. Not only does he have the PED stigma, but he's notorious for a lack of hustle. In fact I think his last Mets hit was a single that should have been a double, but he got thrown out at second because he didn't run hard enough.
Those of us who supported the trade had hopes JBJ could turn it around a bit. At the moment such hopes look dim, especially since our overall hitting approach looks so bad.
To me the one interesting issue is that the Sox were able to force Story to get vaxxed as a condition of signing him, but they can't force a minimum wager like Houck.
If Story can hit as well as Bogey does at Fenway, Story will have the same numbers as Bogey, won't he?
It's a big if, of course, but it seems possible.