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Mickey Gasper’s hot bat is cooling fast—literally. After a scorching month with the Red Sox, his latest at-bat ended in disaster: thrown out at home in the first inning against the Mariners, squandering a loaded-base opportunity. The decision to send him home? Based on Randy Arozarena’s notoriously weak arm—bottom 70% of MLB throwers. But with one out and bases jammed, alternatives like a sacrifice fly or wild pitch could’ve scored Gasper. Instead, Boston’s momentum vanished, Seattle seized the lead, and the Red Sox’s playoff race just got tougher.

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