As we know, Pedro Strop strained his hamstring while running out a ground ball against the Washington Nationals on Sept. 13. It was a very controversial decision to let Strop bat in that situation, definitely one of manager Joe Maddon‘s more questioned moves of the year. That rings especially true with closer Brandon Morrow out for the year.
Tommy La Stella was still on the bench and could have entered the game. Randy Rosario was already warming up in the bullpen. In short, it made pretty much no sense at all.