Can Hancock Handle the John Thomas? Monday 20th GT

[XpertDBA]

Well Muñoz and Speier pitched back-to-back days, Bazardo had pitched back-to-back the day before. At some point Legumina is going to get into a game. You need to be able to use all your relievers.

What has Legumina ever done in the past to even be on this team? He's never performed, ever. Why is he still on the roster?

[Donn Beach]

Well Muñoz and Speier pitched back-to-back days, Bazardo had pitched back-to-back the day before. At some point Legumina is going to get into a game. You need to be able to use all your relievers.

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What has Legumina ever done in the past to even be on this team? He's never performed, ever. Why is he still on the roster?

Ever done? I don't really keep track of the BP. He had a pretty good stretch last season didn't he?

Legumina is 4-1 with a 1.62 earned run average and 17 strikeouts in 16⅔ innings spread over 17 appearances.

The right-hander also has a 0.4 WAR (Baseball Reference’s Wins Above Replacement metric) that is 13th on the team and third among relievers behind Andrés Muñoz (2.0) and Gabe Speier (0.6).

“ ‘Legs’ has been throwing the ball well as have a lot of guys down there,” manager Dan Wilson said.

He's the sort of guy Dtrain is going to complain about, a guy they have tried to rebuild on a budget

[AZOldDawg]

IMO Dan is simply too soft and the dugout appears to look like Mr. Rogers neighborhood which is ok if you're winning . . . but we're not

[D-train]

Can someone give me any reason, any reason at all why you put Legumina in there in a tie game?

What would make any person with an IQ higher than 10 think that he would do any better last night, then his prior x number of appearances.

I just don't get it.

Because they thought adding ONE mediocre reliever to the pen the enter off season after the Pen kept us from our 1st WS was good enough. They refuse to spend money on legit high leverage relievers because they are "smarter" than everyone else and last night was the result.

[DavidGee24]

Managers don't get fired for making mistakes, Wilson isn't making mistakes, he's applying his judgement. What Dipoto will claim is the team needs a new voice. That players are no longer listening to him. That was the deal with Servais and it will be the deal with Wilson

His pinch hitting decisions have gone 0-18 this season and in second ABs for those pinch hitters they're 1-11 (Cal's walkoff against the Yankees). So 1-29 total, he continues to do it and continues to lose ball games. They're mistakes.

If they replaced Wilson with another manager they'd make the same sorts of decisions.

First of all, no they wouldn't. Second of all, dont try to sidestep around the fact that they're mistakes by making a rebuttal against an argument that nobody made. You just can't stop yourself, can you?

[Donn Beach]

His pinch hitting decisions have gone 0-18 this season and in second ABs for those pinch hitters they're 1-11 (Cal's walkoff against the Yankees). So 1-29 total, he continues to do it and continues to lose ball games. They're mistakes.

If they replaced Wilson with another manager they'd make the same sorts of decisions.

First of all, no they wouldn't. Second of all, dont try to sidestep around the fact that they're mistakes by making a rebuttal against an argument that nobody made. You just can't stop yourself, can you?

What argument? You think Dipoto replaces Wilson with a new manager we would be getting a change in how the team is managed? OK, it's fine with me if you feel that way. Isn't that what was hoped for when Wilson replaced Servais? Do you feel there was a change?

[DavidGee24]

What argument? You think Dipoto replaces Wilson with a new manager we would be getting a change in how the team is managed? OK, it's fine with me if you feel that way. Isn't that what was hoped for when Wilson replaced Servais? Do you feel there was a change?

Depends on who he hires. A manager shouldn't be making in-game moves based on what the GM wants, he should be free to do his job and try to win ballgames. Frankly, I think that Wilson is making these boneheaded in-game pinch-hitting decisions on his own, and if he isn't one would like to think he'd talk to Dipoto about it.

And yes, Servais was a better in-game manger than Wilson is.