No way. You don’t put a guy on base there with only one out. The odds of Trout

Aug 6, 2020
12:44:52am

Scratch All-American

homering are much lower than the odds of him scoring from first with one out, especially with Rendon coming up. It’s an even easier call with one out than with 2 outs.

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POLL: Pitch to Trout, or walk him.

cougaman

8/5/20 11:27pm

Curious the answers, because I had this discussion with another Mariners fan and

cougaman

8/5/20 11:30pm

You absolutely pitch to him there. Make them string together 2+ hits to tie it.

shimmy

8/5/20 11:36pm

Yes, and if they get that far and don't take lead (not likely) they have

Betruewhiteandblue

8/6/20 12:18am

It’s not a close call.

Scratch

8/6/20 12:41am

It’s a close call when Trout has beat you so often it keeps you from looking at

cougaman

8/6/20 1:24am

With 2 outs, pitch to him. With 1 out, walk him.

StantonMac

8/5/20 11:32pm

Yep. Or if its a 1-2 run lead, then you walk him. 3 run lead makes it tough,

cougaman

8/5/20 11:34pm

Why? You still put the tying run at bat with only 1 out. You pitch either way

777

8/5/20 11:40pm

with 1B open, you have the chance at a double play to get out of the inning. Its

cougaman

8/5/20 11:42pm

I would never consider walking anyone with a 4 run lead. That's just me.

777

8/5/20 11:46pm

Thats understandable.

cougaman

8/5/20 11:48pm

No way. You don’t put a guy on base there with only one out. The odds of Trout

Scratch

8/6/20 12:44am

But Trout's not the critical run. Rendon is. So the question is whether you risk

garyfan

8/6/20 1:01am

Definitely pitch to him with 2 outs. It gives you two chances to get an out

garyfan

8/5/20 11:47pm

He should have struck out. The pitch before his HR was a strike.

FinanceCoug

8/6/20 4:54am

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