Hey, Dave. Know who beat you in the 2018 World Series? Joe Kelly. Know who beat you in the 2019 NLDS? Your own decision to put a guy out there for a second inning (after a dominant first inning nobody talks about) with wiped-out legs. Know who’s gonna beat you in 2021? Max Scherzer’s ego, it seems.
Roberts turned to Scherzer instead of Kelly to close out the NLDS, and now he can’t start Scherzer in Game 1, so he’s turning to…not Joe Kelly?? Are you serious, man? I know the first inning isn’t the highest leverage, but outs are outs, sir, and what better way to open a series than to send out the greatest pitcher Major League Baseball has ever seen?
I’m a Roberts fan, generally. But man. This is hard to support.
