I like Buck as a person but I’m not giving a standing ovation to a guy that made the dumbest managerial decision in franchise history. That moment ruined his reputation here for me.
He has the talent, but at this point, 2021 is an outlier season for him. He’s been a significantly below average player in 60% of his seasons, a slightly above average player in one, and an MVP candidate in one.
He didn’t really call him garbage. He said “this garbage at the plate” which is a fair assessment of Mateo’s at bats and different than calling him garbage.