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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
This is hardly the first time some lurker read my post and then worked it into his column. I don’t mind but it’s a form of plagiarism and they should note “As posted on the Chiefs planet by a dude named Prison Bitch, it’s clear now...”
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Well, he tweeted out the link to his notes column at 10:50 a.m., while your post is marked 11:52 a.m., so if there's any plagiarizing going on ...
One more interesting Lesky musing:
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I’ve talked about this before, but I’ll bring it up again since there’s a lull in the action from the break. Cal Eldred has to go. And even if it turns out he hasn’t been as bad an influence as I suspect, the performance of the pitching staff indicates a scapegoat is necessary. Look at literally every pitcher on the roster under the age of 30. They’ve all regressed in some way. Early in the year when people were calling for Eldred’s head, defenders would argue that he’s been huge for Scott Barlow. Barlow now has a 6.19 big league ERA and is in AAA because he posted a 12.86 ERA in his final 14 big league appearances before his demotion. No, I’m not saying Eldred magically turned him to crap, but I’m saying the one example people had to fall back on was maybe the worst of them all after looking so good. I’ve heard from reliable sources that Eldred is sour on advanced analytics to the point that he mocks them, and there’s just no place in today’s game for that. And before you get your jokes in about how he’s a perfect fit for the Royals, this is an organization that was one of the, if not the, first to have Trackman installed in all their minor league facilities. They may not always listen to the analytics team, but they at least have invested in them. So I guess this is my every other month reminder that Eldred has got to go and the sooner the better.
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