Friedman’s relief pitcher issues have gone on long enough. The definition of insanity is Yimi Garcia and Chris Hatcher and Ryan Madson. Wilmer Font and Josh Ravin and Jim Johnson. Joel Peralta and Nick Tepesch and John Axford. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
) so this isn’t a second guess. Depth is a talking point ad infinitum, remember? An extra starter allows for an extra reliever; say, Mr. Stripling or Julio Urias. Bud Norris is a major league relief pitcher available as we speak. He doesn’t have a Cy Young Award on his resume but he’s a major league pitcher who can be in the fold this afternoon.
I don’t know how much of the above can be expected to occur — especially the part about bodies not falling —and under the suggested timelines, but in the interim I’d like to see changes. I’d like to see actual major league pitchers coming to Los Angeles. There are applicants out there waiting for the phone to ring. It’s not that complicated. See pitcher, employ pitcher. Skip the men with long injury histories in favor of the ones with histories of success.
A troublesome bullpen is not a division loser, necessarily, and a four-game losing streak is meaningless in the grand scheme of things. But Friedman’s relief pitcher issues have gone on long enough. The definition of insanity is Yimi Garcia and Chris Hatcher and Ryan Madson. Wilmer Font and Josh Ravin and Jim Johnson. Joel Peralta and Nick Tepesch and John Axford.
I could continue with the list of incompetents, but I’ll spare you. You’re frightened enough already. This isn’t rocket science, people. Or brain surgery. But if I needed one of those types of professionals, I can assure you it wouldn’t be Andrew Friedman. Or Yimi Garcia.Howard Cole has been blogging about sports since Y2K. Follow him on
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