Arirang Ball Beast's Finishing Input Is it a fantastic move by the world's best coach or a reviled choice that ignores baseball
Jun 24, 2025
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LA Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is the world's best baseball coach. Although there are some parts that are disparaged by irrationality in short-term games, you can see how great he is in that he has continued to work as the best team Dodgers manager since 2016 and led him to two World Series wins.
As mentioned above, Roberts' weakness is that he sometimes puts his team in trouble with a number that other managers do not have, and Enrique Hernandez's injection into the bullpen has recently become a hot topic.
Roberts put fielder Hernandez, not a pitcher, on the mound in the top of the ninth inning when his team led 13-3 at home against the Washington Nationals on the 23rd (Korea time). The intent was clear. a game that has already won by 10 points. He calculated that he would save even one of his must-winners and take advantage of the next day's game. In addition, he must have had some aspects to offer home fans something to see.
Hernandez eventually left the mound with one out and the bases loaded with one out after allowing two runs on a walk. Roberts was forced to put Alex Bessia, a must-winner, and Bessia finished the game.
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However, Roberts' introduction in Hernandez is not just a one-time show. Hernandez has already pitched in five games this season. It is Roberts's plan to save the bullpen when the score difference is large. In modern baseball, the importance of bullpens has increased a lot. A team with a strong bullpen can have a long-term race. If baseball is a sport that you don't know what will happen the next day, the idea of saving the bullpen in the winning game and leaving room for the next day's energy is very ingenious.
However, as mentioned above, if the opposing team and the viewers are uncomfortable, this can be seen as an act of ignoring baseball. Local public opinion seems to be this way. It is difficult to conclude 100% that Hernandez would not know if he stopped the games neatly, not that, but as a fielder this year, local media and fans feel uncomfortable with Roberts' misbehavior.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
