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Originally Posted by siberian khatru
I think it's still bigger than the risk, though. Gore is just automatic. 99.9% So I'll trade the 0.1 percent risk for a 1 percent chance (or whatever it is) of a wild pitch/passed ball. Plus, hell, there may have been a bigger chance of a wp/pb than Rios getting a hit with Gore on 2B.
Alas, we got hit with -- a very questionable -- 0.1 percent.
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Would it change the infield alignment at all? He definitely scores on an infield single from 3b so maybe getting him to 3b gets Hinch to play the IF a little closer in just to avoid a contact play leading to a run on a weak dribbler? At that point, he knows that he can't give up an infield hit so he doesn't play his IF back. Then Rios has a little better chance to punch a nubber through?
There is probably some small offensive advantage gained there, but I still think that's probably a poor green light.