The decision tree for Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash is as robust as a hundred-year elm. He has a sturdy limb on which to climb in every direction.
Need someone to get out a pocket of left-handed hitters? Cash has Aaron Loup (.212 batting average against by lefties), reverse-platoon split specialist Oliver Drake (.200) and lefty Ryan Sherriff (.154). How about right-handed hitters in key spots? Aaron Slegers (.175) and Diego Castillo (.164) to the rescue. Any hitter vulnerable to a good slider? John Curtiss (.190) and Pete Fairbanks (.185) are on call. A spot where a strikeout is needed?