So, look, I get the umpire blew a couple at the top of the zone, but if Mancini makes a play Watkins and the Orioles are out of the inning.
Often times umpires will have a low zone or high zone and both hitters and pitchers need to adjust. Prior to the AB to Grossman, Watkins didn’t have enough information for an adjustment, so that’s not really on him. I only watched the first inning, so I don’t know if he made one or not.
I remember my college coach telling our team, “You can be right or you can adjust and give yourself a better chance to succeed. Complaining about the strike zone to the decision maker ain’t helping you.”