Why Blue Jays’ John Schneider didn’t pinch-run for Alejandro Kirk

Baseball

Published 30.08.2023

Why Blue Jays’ John Schneider didn’t pinch-run for Alejandro Kirk

Toronto Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider didn’t pinch-run for a participant recognized to be one of many slower runners in baseball on Tuesday — and it ended up costing his workforce in an enormous means.

With designated hitter Alejandro Kirk on third base and the Blue Jays trailing 5-3 within the eighth inning with one out, pinch-hitter Daulton Varsho flew out to Washington Nationals centre-fielder Jacob Young at Rogers Centre. The notoriously gradual Kirk tagged up and was thrown out by Young — with the decision confirmed after a problem.

The Blue Jays ended up shedding 5-4 because the workforce scored one run within the ninth after loading the bases with no out.

Afterward, Schneider mentioned a brief bench and the very fact the Blue Jays have been down by two have been the principle causes he didn’t pinch-run for Kirk.

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Infielder Mason McCoy, referred to as up from triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, was on the bench. He has 23 stolen bases within the minors this yr. Kirk has zero stolen bases in 303 profession major-league video games.

“We were a little short. Brandon (Belt) wasn’t available (because of back spasms). We had guys playing everywhere. (Cavan Biggio) at short, Davis (Schneider) at third (in the ninth inning), kind of a lot of moving parts (with Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman on the injured list.”

“Tying run, yeah, we would have had a runner there. Down by two, no.”

John Schneider mentioned the opportunity of the sport going into further innings additionally ran by his thoughts.

“You pinch-hit Varsh there, you’re trying to do injury and attempt to take the lead and clip a homer. The sport goes plenty of other ways to the place loopy (expletive) occurs and also you get into the eleventh inning and also you get into that spot and also you need Kirky on the plate.

“Kind of a general rule of thumb (to not pinch-run if down by two). The odds of a medium depth fly ball with an average throwing outfielder and Kirky at third was probably last on my bingo card.”