Pudge Rodriguez Praises Bruce Bochy After W.S. Win, ‘Hall of Famer, Obviously’

Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez had nothing however nice issues to say about Bruce Bochy following his World Sequence victory this week … telling TMZ Sports activities there’s completely little question in his thoughts the Texas supervisor will likely be inducted in Cooperstown in the future.

“Hall of Famer,” the previous Rangers catcher mentioned. “Hall of Famer, obviously.”

With a 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday, Bochy grew to become simply the sixth supervisor ever to earn 4 World Sequence championship rings. In contrast to the opposite 5, although, he isn’t but secured a spot in baseball’s HOF.

Pudge, nonetheless, clearly thinks that may occur prior to later … calling the 68-year-old one of many biggest big-game coaches of all time.

“When you start to play in the playoffs, it’s a different monster,” mentioned Rodriguez, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017. “It’s always a different game. It’s a different ball game. And he’s the best doing that. He’s the best manager in that situation. And we all see it.”

Pudge — who’s been working as a particular assistant to the final supervisor of the Rangers — mentioned Bochy deserves a ton of credit score for main Texas to its first-ever title, including that his calming presence made an enormous distinction within the dugout.

“As a player,” he mentioned, “you feel comfortable that, ‘Hey, he’s going to put all the pieces together to bring this game back and win for us.'”

Pudge additionally had excessive reward for the Rangers’ World Sequence MVP, Corey Seager … calling him straight up “one of my favorite players.”