It’s easy to understand why Tony La Russa thought intentionally walking Trea Turner on a 1–2 count was a good idea. But that doesn’t make it a smart move. ByMattMartell with more
, makes clear that both Benetti and Stone are baffled by, and almost certainly disagree with, La Russa. Still, this exchange does a good job summing up the arguments for and against walking him.
“Turner with no strikes, one strike or two strikes is very dangerous against right[ies] and especially left[ies],” La Russa told reporters. “Now if maybe [right-handed hitting Will] Smith was hitting behind him it would have been a different thing. Muncy is there so it’s an easy call for me.” • Turner was hitting with only one man on base. After the intentional walk, Muncy came up with two on. The Dodgers have a better chance of scoring multiple runs with Muncy up and two men on than they do with Turner up and only Freeman on base. With two outs in the sixth inning, the priority should’ve been to prevent a multi-run hit, even if that meant risking a Turner RBI single.
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