JN wrote:linery88 wrote:I get why they would wanna save Rodriguez,but they have done this garbage in the playoffs as well.
This is what has turned the fans into either honest,rightfully critical fans,or koolaid drinkers who have to believe.
I think this is recent situation is a bit overblown (the Rodriguez part)... its not the same as the Twins playoff game which was utter blasphemy in terms of starter management.
I have no issue with having an absolute strict pitching count on a guy who hasn't started for a number of years, when we really aren't playing for anything this year. Sure could have tried to give him one more batter to get to 5 innings, but its really not a situation that demands flexibility either at this point... like a playoff game where flexibility and common sense judgment should have been used
imo-To a lot of fans,anytime anything like this happens regardless of the circumstances,it looks bad,and I wasn,t that bothered by it because i figure they are saving him to be a 5 starter,and i no longer care that much if they win every game,since we are out anyways.If the broadcasters weren,t upset by removing him,i probably wouldn,t have bothered mentioning it.Just another bad predictable result as the FO leads our players.
To them i think it looked like ..sounded like "Oh no,not again,reg or playoffs"
I have a hard time blaming the players,and have mostly blamed the FO for any bad results we get,and will be from here on in,until they GTFO.