Yeah it was like his annual “State of the Team” type thing he does every year going in to the break/half way point. It's actually worse than that. The players held a players only meeting on Monday (typically hitters and pitchers will meet in two groups before each series, this one was all together)....which led to the 18-5 game. Then Joe had his ASB meeting last night before the game...which led to this one. In the grand scheme of things, Joe's management of Monty this year is like 37th on my list of complaints. But it's getting incredibly frustrating how poor his decisions are in that area. Joe's management of the bullpen has been bad, but he's also had to deal with a really bad bullpen situation, personnel wise. His management of the position players has been similarly bad, but he's also been given zero bench.