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Originally Posted by tk13
I don't know what the heck Hillman was thinking last night. But... this is a 75 win team that's gonna lose 105 games because DM gave him absolute squat in the bullpen. Maybe Hillman's just lost his mind... the last bullpen failure might have sent him off the deep end. I know I've harped on it all year but it's amazing.
The numbers Rany mentions from the 2nd half of last season to now was when our bullpen really fell apart. I think we blew saves the first 6 or 7 games of the 2nd half last year... and it still hasn't stopped. I would love to see the statistic of 1) how many of those games we held a lead and 2) how many of those games we led in the 7th or 8th inning or later.
I'd bet you it's at or near 20. If not more. Not that the rest of the team is great... but you can look at one single small aspect of our team that has probably made a 20 to 30 game difference over the last 162. That's astronomical. And people say sure it won't make a difference... but it's a lot easier to make a couple moves to leap to the playoffs with a 75 win team than it is with a 55 win one.
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I agree, man. It's frustrating (and shocking) to see Moore flippantly disregard the 'pen.
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Originally Posted by petegz28
Frank
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You must absolutely hate White if you're truly advocating for him to take the job with Moore as the GM.
I agree that White could be a good manager, but he needs to work for, at least, a mediocre GM. Currently, we have the worst in the league.