Yesterday, Kevin Cash removed Ryan Yarbrough with one out remaining in the ninth inning.
Yarbrough had pitched a fabulous game — no runs, no walks, three hits. Kyle Snyder thought the pitcher had been even better than he had been when he flirted with bulk-pitcher-perfection a few weeks back in Baltimore.
So when Kevin Cash went to Emilio Pagan to save the 1-0 game, Rays fans and media exploded. Even Yarbrough’s buddy and former Ray Jacob Faria was not happy:
Tampa Bay Times columnist John Romano suggests that, in failing to let Yarbrough finish, Cash may have won the game but he lost “something of value.