Skin Blues wrote:tecumseh18 wrote:He took a lot of heat for taking Dickey out in favour of Price
I don't think it's being pedantic to clarify that Gibby took a lot of heat for burning our undisputed ace starting pitcher as a mop-up reliever in a game that we were leading by 6 runs, and not for removing Dickey too early. But I don't think we want to get into that again. I'd love for Gibby to try something unorthodox as long as it also happens to be a smart decision. Going by emotion or loyalty can lead to disastrous results, such as last year with the Mets sticking with Matt Harvey for way too long. I honestly don't think Gibby has the discipline to remove Stroman from a game that he is mowing down the competition through 4 or 5 innings once the lineup turns over for the third time. But I can see Shapiro/Atkins meddling with his decisions more than AA so maybe they've given their input on that front.
Gibbons is the only jay manager i have seen for the most part make the right decision and not go off loyalty.
when liriano was warming up in the final game that was the answer as to who started...so why all this fake arguing now?
Going off second half performance stroman is a logical decision despite a small sample size of wha tliriano has done vs the o's.
