Admittedly, not everyone, but a lot of people thought it was worth rolling the die on Hughes......now, rolling the dice on Hughes, Nolasco, and Santana, that was not as popular. Each decision, on its own, might have merit. All three? Not so sure.
Whatever they are trying.......it isn't working with Arcia, unfortunately. I thought he'd be here all year, and be a 105 OPS guy....... I really think moving him out of RF was a bad idea, but I can't prove that caused all this.....nor can I prove sending him down while he was hot caused this, nor can I prove not calling him back up when healthy caused this, but I can wonder.....
I don't think that is a logical conclusion, actually. This is a small sample size, I don't think we can conclude there is a process issue here for sure........
making May a set up guy makes no sense. He's a legit starting candidate. given this is ANOTHER LOST year......he 100% should be in the rotation right now, so they gather more data on him as a starter. Anyone think they will do that?
I was unaware that this SP staff was full of young players.......Sano and Hicks are about the only ones even hitting right now. I'm not sure what you mean.
why? Explain why it is a good idea to keep a bad player on the roster. You are paying the same money, is it better to keep running out a below replacement level player, and pay him, or cut him, and pay him, and put out a good player?
I fail to see how just cutting Hunter and Mauer is a bad idea at this point. I fail to see how going with young guys with upside is waving a white flag. Running out terrible veterans "because" is waving the flag. This is what happens when you straddle the fence, and refuse to either go for winning or trading off the present FULLY for the future. The rotation is 80% (plus Nolasco and May, not in the rotation, but also) traded for or FA......why does anyone trust this FO at this point?