Pie had best not be starting against a lefty, much less one who's good enough to reach the majors. Pie can't even handle minor league lefties. why is he here than? Jock cant hit lefties, if Pie isnt going to start against lefties there is no reason to have Pie here to be a defensive sub and pinch runner. Well, I've been for sending Pie down or shipping out one of our OFers for some time, so I don't understand it either. Pie needs to play every day somewhere. He has plenty to work on and it isn't getting done while he's picking splinters out of his backside. Either ship one of Jones/Murton/Floyd out, or send Pie to Iowa. He shouldn't have been brought up in the first place. If you think Jacque can't hit lefties, wait till you see how hopeless Pie is against them. He can't even hit them in the DWL.
Except, sadly, Dempster, the one guy who really ought to be a ROOGY. Dempster in 2007: vs. LH: 1.23 ERA, 11 K, 5 BB, 1.09 WHIP in 7.1 IP vs. RH: 3.38 ERA, 8 K, 1 BB, 0.66 WHIP in 10.2 IP ROOGY? I think not.
I still can't figure out why Lou called that. Jones racks up plenty of strikeouts as it is and that was a pitch he couldn't do anything with. The best result he could have gotten with that pitch was a foul ball out of play; that's pretty much it. I'm concerned with Lou's style of managing. While I don't think he's as prone to stupid and head-scratching decisions as previous managers, I think he tries too hard to micromanage the game. Part of this might have to do with a lack of familiarity with his players' strengths and weaknesses, which is understandable, but if this trend continues, I won't be too happy with it. At least he's seemingly figured out Ohman is a LOOGY. Or maybe that's just a coincidence of his overmanaging.