Molitor lost about 30 more games then expected last year, winning a few more in April and May doesn't make me give him the benefit of the doubt at all. According to everything he said: he sat Sano bc of the 8 straight strikeouts two days in a row. That's what he is saying, that is what we have to go by. Could it be some massive cover up to protect Sano from these hypotheticals? Sure. But it certainly doesn't appear to be so (since he PH in both games anyways!)