Alex Cora has bold proposal to cut down on position players pitching
There are many segments of fans and analysts who believe that letting position players pitch in blowout losses is a way to cheapen the game. There’s no real way to stop it, but Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora has a few ideas.
Cora suggested that any team that uses a position player should be obligated to do it again in the next game to cut down on the practice. He also suggested that a team that uses a position player should not be allowed to hit again during that game.
Alex Cora isn't a fan of position players pitching. Offered two solutions:
1. If a team uses a position player, they have to have one face three hitters in the next game, too.
2. If a team uses a position player, their offense can't swing the bat for the rest of the game.— Chris Mason (@ByChrisMason) August 21, 2019
Cora openly admitted that neither idea was likely to be seriously considered.
Cora on option 2: "This is not going to happen. Well, the other one either."
— Chris Mason (@ByChrisMason) August 21, 2019
The issue of position players pitching has escalated recently. Once a novelty, it has become a more widespread tactic for teams on the wrong end of blowouts, and it led to one of Cora’s rival managers suggesting a mercy rule be adopted for situations like it.
