Of course you can always say that about any move any manager makes. But it is their responsibility to put the players in positions to succeed.
look at Pujols. Total dumpster fire here most are glad he is gone. The dodgers have made him essentially a platoon guy against lefties and his stats are much better. They are putting him in position to succeed and he is.
Really sucks when you can’t improve upon an era of over 10. Slow meatballs in the middle won’t work. Not sure how these guys with 90 mph fastballs and no control make it this far.
They have been using him almost exclusively as a platoon guy. No starts against righties. Starts against lefties and comes in to ph against lefties.
he had an interesting thing happen though. Appeared in the box score as a pinch hitter with zero bat, with no walk, no hbp, no sacrifice.
Maybe I'm a softy but I feel for the fan bases of the teams that just have no shot at anything on any night. The Angels have had a rough decade but at the least fans can go to the ballpark and watch Mike Trout. This year they have the two best players in the league (when healthy). This will be a 90+ win team. Imagine getting to go to the park and say Oh boy I get to see Pavin Smith!! That sucks.
I had the Angels even down 5-0 because the Diamondbacks suck so bad.
Hahahahahaha. 7 pitches, 4 batters, 1 more loss.
Gonna turn into a blowout. They had a lefty down there with Walsh starting the inning, not sure why they didn't bring them out. Another stupid manager....
If I were the diamondbacks manager I’d ask why ohtani keeps going to his mouth like he’s blowing in his hand. It’s 100 degrees. Is he cold? Not sure what the rules say about that.