This team has the potential to be really good. They have the pitching to keep them in games and if the offense can even be average, the division is theirs for the taking,
The idea would be they could get him for a really team friendly deal since it is unlikely he would have much value on the open market. We'll see what the FO decides to do
You look at context, previous batters walked. Pitcher can't hit the zone and it increases the pitch count. Swinging at the first pitch there was the wrong decision. Not rocket science.