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Originally Posted by JimHammer
I don't want to pile on Trey just yet. Players have to make plays. Jacobs needs to field his position and the other relievers have to get outs too.
But if Farnsworth can't get anyone out, he has no reason being on this team, and that's on Dayton Moore.
Re: Dayton Moore signing Farnsworth. That was a dumb move and we overpaid for a bad reliever. It was actually the worst move he's made, but most of his others are quite good. I'm not going to get on Dayton because he has made us more of a contender.
I'm not really buying the players have to make plays argument here. Hillman decides who plays and when they play. He continually misplaces players in the field, and he is horrible with his bullpen.
Today was just a glaringing obvious example of both. Jacobs is not a good fielder and should be taken out of late game leads if he is even in there in the first place. Butler is not great, but is certainly > Jacobs on D. Late game D should have been TPJ at SS, Aviles at 3B, Teahan at 1B. Or just have Butler at 1B at least.
At this point everyone knows Farnsworth should not be pitching in high leverage situations. Okay, so he brings in Cruz in the 7th for Davies. I am fine with that as Cruz has been our 2nd best reliever and can get thru 2 innings or at least get us safely to Soria somehow. Soria, the best reliever on the team and one of the best in the league had yet to pitch in over 3 days. This should be an auto-win.
BUT, Trey decides to yank Cruz after getting 2 outs and allowing 1 baserunner. Hamilton, who is a lefty is coming up. He hasn't gotten a damn bat on the ball all weekend. Trey goes to Mahay, who he claims isn't our lefty specialist. I am fine with Mahay pitching to a lefty, but why waste Cruz for just 2 outs?
Mahay gives up a run in the 8th and with runners on 1st and 3rd and in comes Jamey Wright?!?!wtf? Why not let Soria get 5 outs and end this ****? Wright surrenders the tie run. Woops. Well, we don't score and in the 9th inning of a tie game Hillman decides to bring in the guy who has lost 2 of our 4 games. Brilliant idea. Homerun, ballgame.
It is an absolute joke to keep trying a failing strategy. Trey cannot handle these decisions and should be fired.