Stripes wrote:JFLNYC wrote:The B1G Piece wrote:I'm officially 100 percent out on Kapler and whatever fucking group of nerds that trained him. The constant lack of feel for in game decisions, the mindless pitching changes and tinkering of the lineup to gain some sort of edge is infuriating.
Well put. I hadn't thought of it in these terms before but I agree. It almost seems sometimes he's trying to make some sort of contrarian point/be the smartest guy in the room rather than just using common sense.
Feels like a lot of decisions are made just to win that day's game, and not for the long haul. That's fine for the players to be focused just on that game, that AB, that pitch, but management has to look at the long view, know when to rest players so they're effective for the entire season, not burning thru the bullpen every night. You can't convince me that Kapler's bullpen usage hasn't at least contributed to some of the injuries, although it would be impossible to quantify. Of course, having half our current bullpen comprised of failed starters, who aren't available back-to-back nights, goes higher than Kapler. I remember last year, when he was managing the bullpen every game like it was the seventh game of the WS, people said he would burn out the pen by August. It took a bit longer than that, but here we are.
Of course literally allowing them to pitch contributes to the injuries but I don’t get how it’s that big of a contributor.
Robertson Hunter and Arano barely pitched, Seranthony pitched in 8 back to backs and Neshak pitched in 5. If that’s enough to make your arm fall off why isn’t every other bullpen suffering the same injuries as us?
People are acting like he’s riding all of these guys like they’re Johnny Venters and it’s just not the case.
And maybe he wouldn’t have to use as many relievers as he does if he didn’t have to deal with 4/5 starters barely going 5 innings if that all year.
