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Analytics didn’t cost the Rays the World Series

The 2020 season is in the books, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the World Series champs after a fun, tense, and quite memorable Fall Classic. Ultimately, the Tampa Bay Rays offense just didn’t match up to the Dodgers firepower. However, an ill-fated decision to pull Rays’ starter Blake Snell out of the game in the sixth inning with Mookie Betts at the plate, doomed Rays’ manager Kevin Cash to the lion’s share of the blame.

There are really two parts to the decision.