A guy hitting as hot as Ozzie, you don't take the bat out of his hands. What happens if he bunts it right back to the pitcher and Acuna gets swiped heading to third? If Albies slaps one in the gap or hits his second homerun of the game, everyone is happy. Snitker isn't kicking himself. It was the right play it just didn't work out.
This. Albies is hot but also you can’t count on freeman to drive in runs right now. He’s still hurt. He struck out 3 times yesterday on an outside corner strike that he normally drives to the opposite field with power. I think it was the right call to let Albies swing away. Any kind of production at all from Freeman yesterday and the series is over with already.
