Yeah...we were killing on offense with a set lineup and 4 of those guys are out of it today (Fowler, Coghlan, Montero and Soler). When you replace those with Denofria, Castro, Herrera and Szczur it changes your offense just a little bit.
He's a decent hitting pitcher, guessing the added chance of him getting a hit with Herrera behind him was more valuable than bunting them over for him.
Just wanted to confirm that with numbers ERA: MB: 3.02 JA: 2.22 FIP: MB: 2.85 JA: 2.58 K/9: MB: 9.5 JA: 9.2 WHIP: MB: 1.04 JA: 0.98 WAR: MB: 3.1 JA: 5.5 Fairly similar but looks like Jake has been significantly more valuable
No one should ever be able to wear glasses on a baseball field after Chuck McElroy perfected the look. It will just never be topped so no one should try.