hippie wrote:Can someone explain to me why they even acquired Parrish, or why we need to compare Parrish and Ramirez? In the bullpen, they've got Sherrill, who's excellent; O'Flaherty, who is proving he belongs; and Rowland-Smith, who has been pretty impressive and looks like he belongs as well. Down on the farm, Cesar Jimenez is healthy and, if worst comes to worst, there's Jake Woods. Robert Rorbaugh is also pitching well at Tacoma. I guess I'm losing track of the roster here.
I've never seen the logic of using a roster spot on a LOOGY (Lefty One-Out GuY).
I didn't disagree with the idea of giving up some nothing talent to acquire some random arm to eat a few innings since Lowe needs to build up arm strength, but it's pretty clear that Parrish can't pitch well in back to back games either. Or in one game.
Call it a decent idea that was executed terribly, like every other trade Bavasi has made.