The double header and short starts yesterday required some sort of move, SWR was the obvious and only choice, Funderburk can pitch again between now and Sunday, SWR could not.
I think a decision for Sunday needs to be made sooner rather than later, Festa and Matthews pitch Friday and Saturday and Morris, who is scheduled to pitch Sunday, would have to be added to the 40 man. With the team not having another day off until next Thursday, I don't think a BP game is a viable option, but it's not my call.
Tell me that WPA means nothing without telling me WPA means nothing: Top 3 WPA: Brooks Lee .279, Ty France .144, Griffin Jax .105
Lee had a horrible day going until he hit that double, in fact the Orioles were ahead 2-1 until the 6th because of Lee....(and, believe it or not I am a big fan of Lee's...these advance metric stats not so much).
Still tough to gain in the standings when the teams above you are playing better than you are:
(Last 10, 20, 30 games)
DET (7-3, 13-7, 21-9)
CLE (7-3, 13-7, 19-11)
KC (8-2, 14-6, 19-11)
MIN (6-4, 12-8, 15-15)
In regards to the KOC quote, the NFL doesn't have minor leagues like MLB does, "talented" players wash out of the NFL all the time.
Talented or not, good eye or not, he strikes out 32% of the time over his career, quite often looking. He needs to be aggressive earlier in the count; hitting at the major league level is tough enough, but hitting with 2 strikes is even tougher and is not something that all players can do.