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Essentially, the only standard I think it is fair to hold Collins to is this one: have his team playing hard, and don’t do anything to potentially damage the long-term outlook for 2014 and beyond.
Well, Collins sure failed that standard last night, and not for the first time.
In the ninth inning of a game the Mets went on to lose, 5-4, he sent up Wilmer Flores, he of the stiff ankle that meant he probably wasn’t available to play, to pinch-hit. This is precisely what you don’t do unless absolutely necessary, put a recovering player in a position to injure himself. Flores wasn’t the last position player available, this wasn’t a playoff game.
