re: DAT 6/19: Rays (Snell) @ Astros (Verlander) 7:10

I still disagree with using rondon in the 7th and 8th. It seemed clear that he was thriving in the closer role. Hinch could have used peacock to get that out in the 7th and pitch the 8th. Or put Giles in to pitch the 8th like he had been doing. I just don’t get changing the formula that was starting to work.

He was asked about it in the postgame and his reaction was that rondon’s one of our best relievers and he would throw him against anyone. I wished the reporter would have pressed him more.