Quote Originally Posted by AtomicDumpling View Post
Quote from Matthew Pouliot's Strike Zone column on Rotoworld.com today:

It dates back prior to the start of GM Wayne Krivsky's tenure, but the Reds have probably been guilty of more in-season self-destructive behavior than any team in baseball over the last few years. There was the demotion of Austin Kearns in 2005, followed by last year's Kearns-Felipe Lopez deal and subsequent Rheal Cormier acquisition. Now the Reds have sent down Edwin Encarnacion, mostly because the bullpen has been so awful. There's also the sometimes bizarre lineups employed by Jerry Narron and last year's uncalled for switch from David Weathers to Todd Coffey in the closer's role. Krivsky has had his moments since replacing Dan O'Brien, but they've largely come in the offseason. Going back four or five years now, I don't think there's another team in baseball that has cost itself more games with bad in-season decision making than Cincinnati.
Yeah sending down EE has a lot to do with why the Reds are struggling this year. EE could stay up or go down, it's not going to make any difference either way on this season. It's pitching, and we don't have any in the pen.

Everybody was calling for Todd Coffey to be made the closer last year. And if Narron hadn't given him a shot to be the closer people would still using it as another example of how Narron favors vets over young guys. At the time it was a good decision. Coffey was pitching lights out at the time, and to use that now as an example of a poor "in-season" move is dumb or even "uncalled for", IMO.