There is absolutely no reason for him to opt out. His value as a manager will be at its lowest after this season and there is no way he commands the kind of money he has left remaining on his current contract.
I don't get why we pulled Enright so early. Lowe is so awful that he'll only last another inning or so and then we'll have to use our normal relievers for five innings. If you're going to start Enright and concede the game, then commit to it and leave him out there until he gets his 100 pitches. Same exact thing happened when we started Roth and he was pulled at the first sign of trouble.
Hellweg is currently 1-4 with a 4.41 ERA and 25 walks in 32.2 innings in AAA
Pena similarly has 22 walks in 31 innings. We didn't lose much by giving up either of those guys. Regarding Segura, let's not forget that he hit .264 with no homers over approximately the same number of AB's last year as he has so far this year, so it's way too early to draw any sort of conclusion on his future in the majors. When we traded him he was a typical slappy middle infielder.
The Caps choked in the playoffs every year under Boudreau. This is hardly surprising. His teams will have regular season success and flame out early in the playoffs.
At this point I would be surprised if Sale doesn't pitch a perfect game. It's actually surprising that considering all of our futility in the last 3+ years, we haven't been no-hit in that span.
To be fair, Vargas's pitch count was still fairly low at that point. If he was already over 100 pitches he should've been pulled, but in this case I can understand leaving him out there.
The system is to play so poorly that it lulls the opposition into a false sense of security. Thus, when we're in 5th place and no one takes us seriously, we pounce and take over the 4th spot. It's a brilliant strategy, I must say.