Because he doesn't know what he's doing. But he's gone out and gotten impact players at the trading deadline when we were in it in 2003, and 2004. It's not like he doesn't have a history of making decent mid-season acquisitions. Maybe it was a sellers market and he wasn't willing to get raped. I hope that's what it was anyway. he didn't have the ability to add payroll. i really think he's unable to do anything with the current situation. Then it is twice as foolish to let Pie and Soto waste away in the minors.