This is the measured and correct take, but I can’t help but be slightly bitter at some of the flimsy reasoning sometimes. I’m an eternal optimist, but those statements rub me the wrong way especially now that the CBA presents opportunities for the franchise to be rewarded if they promoted him.

Sure, we could absolutely discuss it if he’d done it before. I’m with you. Otherwise, you have two other outfielders on the 40-man… If he couldn’t be on the roster March 28th because he had to “work on handling pickoff throws” he better be playing first.

Thanks for reading! I contemplated that “desperate reaction” might have been too harsh until Vogt said Manzardo might see time in the outfield, then I doubled down on leaving it

I can both love him to death and see the writing on the wall. He’ll always be a hero so I’m with you. Who knows? He might surprise us all in one or two of these starts

His job is purely to go 4 innings on limited damage. Until Curry is back they just don’t have another option, but if he doesn’t exhaust the bullpen it’s a win