The reasoning is likely sound, but I don't like managing for hypotheticals. We don't know for a fact that we will need a good high-leverage reliever 3 days in a row later in this stretch. We knew we needed a good one in this particular game.
We were due for the pen to [expletive] the bed one of these times, but yeah, hopefully this keeps Schlitter from seeing a high-leverage spot for a while.
Bryant is going to hit 5 HR the rest of the weekend and win us the series by himself. Ok, probably not, but we've got 9 more outs to play with and we only have to face Kimbrel for 3 of them
Wasn't Castro beating plays like that out by a step and a half when he first got here, or am I nuts? He was definitely safe though ETA: Well he looked safe on the side replay anyway, maybe not