Yesterday with the Brewers down 1-0 in the bottom of the 9th, Ken Macha decided to pinch-hit Casey McGehee over Mat Gamel against right-handed closer Frankie Rodriguez. It was an obvious way of saying “I’m riding the hot hand” and McGehee ended up grounding weakly to short. Yesterday I thought that Gamel should be getting more ABs to ride out his recent slump.
I mean, I could speculate all I want about whether or not Gamel would have gotten a hit, but whether he did or not I don’t think it was the right move. Pinch hitting a righty against a righty when you have your stud lefty prospect in the box isn’t the best way to give him some confidence.
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