My first reaction is that he squeezes the strike zone, but I don't know. Could be something else. The game Berrios started in NY recently was painful to watch due to an umpire who wouldn't call strikes for Twins pitchers.
I would have thought one or two days rest before Tuesday was ideal, but all of their good relievers appear to be pitching tonight and they are going with three days rest, I guess
I felt the Kintzler trade hurt their chances, but didn't kill their chances. It feels like 7-dimensional chess to think F & L knew that trading Kintzler would put the team back in the WC race. I like you did that research, by the way.
Good point. Instead of "fold", I chose to describe those competing teams as "didn't make a run" and I called it surprising that other teams didn't make a run, although I think the Angles did make a good run at it, until their schedule got difficult.