Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Blake Snell was visibly furious when he was removed from Game 6 of the World Series after allowing only two hits over 5 1/3 innings Tuesday night.
Snell, who struck out nine batters, wasn't the only one perplexed by manager Kevin Cash yanking his ace. Baseball Twitter questioned the call almost immediately.
Agree or disagree with pulling Snell??
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) October 28, 2020
Can’t believe they pull him here 💀
— Lucas Giolito (@LGio27) October 28, 2020
So who gets to pull the manager? #worldseries
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) October 28, 2020
Not a fan of pulling snell.. dude is locked in tonight !!
— Taijuan Walker (@tai_walker) October 28, 2020
73 pitches... I’m hella mad for him 🤬🤬
— Taijuan Walker (@tai_walker) October 28, 2020
You think Bobby Cox pulls Snell right now?
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) October 28, 2020
@snellzilla4 dealing and take him out with 75 pitches and 12Ks... see what happens pic.twitter.com/ntJdLOntpV
— Kevin Pillar (@KPILLAR4) October 28, 2020
— Brett Anderson (@_BAnderson30_) October 28, 2020
I still can't get over it. Worst decision I've seen in all of the #WorldSeries I've watched.
— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) October 28, 2020
I really don’t understand the pitching change. Snell is dealing. Game 6. Let your top dog finish what he started. He was not happy nor should he be.
— Todd Frazier (@FlavaFraz21) October 28, 2020
LET THE MAN PITCH! 🤬
— Jerry Blevins (@jerryblevins) October 28, 2020
I’m speechless
— Shed Long Jr. (@SLONG895) October 28, 2020
Lol smh
— Sam Tuivailala (@Stuivailala) October 28, 2020
WHYYYYYY!!!!!!😒😒😒😒😒😒
— Triston McKenzie 👻🎃 (@T_eazy24) October 28, 2020
Right-hander Nick Anderson, who replaced Snell, immediately allowed a double to Mookie Betts, and, in what seemed like a blink of an eye, the Rays surrendered the lead soon after.
Talk then turned to how Cash was too reliant on analytics when deciding to replace a dominant-looking Snell.
— CountOnAG (@Amir_Garrett) October 28, 2020
You manage a baseball game with your EYES, HEART, & GUT as well as your BRAIN. You can't make a decision on when you to pull a pitcher of Snell's calibur before he throws his 1st pitch. Have a game plan, yes. Then manage in-game.
— Jerry Blevins (@jerryblevins) October 28, 2020
— Christian Yelich (@ChristianYelich) October 28, 2020
Pulling Snell there is worthy of losing a World Series. There isn’t a single analytical number that says pull Snell there.
— Chris Bassitt (@C_Bass419) October 28, 2020
Maybe some good will come of this flawed World Series and cause some of the analytics and strategies to get a once over
— Brett Anderson (@_BAnderson30_) October 28, 2020
But that's why you play nine innings. It's not over until that final out is recorded.
Baseball man. Baseball
— 10 (@SimplyAJ10) October 28, 2020