So does Lou Piniella, Larry Rothschild, and Jim Hendry. Unfortunately Well thats just plain wrong. Leaders in appearances Howry 78 Wuertz 73 Dempster 66 Leaders in RP IP Howry 81.1 Wuertz 72.1 Marmol 69.1 But hey, why pass up an opportunity to bash management. Hey, why not ignore the fact that Wuertz went from being the team's best reliever from 2005-2006, yet was demoted from setup duty to middle relief. He was the 5th RH option out of the pen when Wood joined the bullpen. And let's also ignore that the only reason he had more relief innings than Marmol, was because Carlos didn't start the year in the majors. He started as one of the setup men, and then got demoted because other pitchers were pitching better than him. Wood and Wuertz were used interchangably IMO after Wood came back. Marmol and Howry were ahead of Wuertz from June on, and a big part of that was because Marmol and Howry were much better pitchers than Wuertz from June on. Wuertz wasn't the best relief pitcher in 06 either. Howry's peripherals were a lot better. But you're getting in the way of rawaction's bashing...