David Bell Needs To Go

[Falls City Beer]

I am unable to come up with a compelling reason why Raisel Iglesias should be pitching in a non-save situation, in this shortened season.

Not one.

I mean, there's no more evidence needed. There's nothing left to "figure out." Either he can be effective in save situations or he is worthless.

And David Bell puts him in, tie game. Of course.

So yeah... I'd like to see what the Castellini grand-kids might bring to the table.

This FO isn’t cutting Iggy. If he doesn’t change course soon, I’ll agree, but that’s not all on Bell.

[757690]

David Bell didn’t swing one bat or thrown one HR pitch the last two days

When he actually screws up the game then he’s worthy of some smack talk.

But the team on the field peed the bed

1. There were plenty of questionable moves made by Bell in these last two games that could be argued affected the outcomes of the games.

2. Even if you don’t believe in #1, I have always felt that the main job of the manager is to keep the players focused on winning. The best managers are the ones that players will run through walks for. I don’t know if Bell has achieved that with this team, but if he can’t, he needs to go.

[KronoRed]

In a DH league the manager has less moves to make, bet Bell isn't happy about that

[Wonderful Monds]

I’m sort of back on the train of feeling like the guy over manages and is way over sensitive to matchup stuff, like pulling Akiyama today. Plus the seemingly stubborn complete unwillingness to acknowledge that Iglesias sucks in non save situations, possibly borderline intentionally. It absolutely is on him for continuing to let that situation blow up in his face when it’s beyond clear he can’t pitch in those scenarios. Stop banging your head against the wall trying to get it to work and adapt.

Also yeah stop playing absolute scrubs like Davidson and Jankowski based on small sample size matchup stuff over Aquino, who actually has some upside and showed it yet again in the late innings today. That’s another bonehead move.

I do think the pulling starters too early stuff is overblown, Castillo wasn’t completely dominating yesterday really and Bauer was over 100 pitches today. I don’t care too much about that. But replace them with the right guys.

[DocRed]

I’m sort of back on the train of feeling like the guy over manages and is way over sensitive to matchup stuff, like pulling Akiyama today. Plus the seemingly stubborn complete unwillingness to acknowledge that Iglesias sucks in non save situations, possibly borderline intentionally. It absolutely is on him for continuing to let that situation blow up in his face when it’s beyond clear he can’t pitch in those scenarios. Stop banging your head against the wall trying to get it to work and adapt.

Well he is definitely stubborn when it come to his bullpen choices. The David Hernandez fiasco last year proved that without a doubt.

[Falls City Beer]

I’m sort of back on the train of feeling like the guy over manages and is way over sensitive to matchup stuff, like pulling Akiyama today. Plus the seemingly stubborn complete unwillingness to acknowledge that Iglesias sucks in non save situations, possibly borderline intentionally. It absolutely is on him for continuing to let that situation blow up in his face when it’s beyond clear he can’t pitch in those scenarios. Stop banging your head against the wall trying to get it to work and adapt.

Also yeah stop playing absolute scrubs like Davidson and Jankowski based on small sample size matchup stuff over Aquino, who actually has some upside and showed it yet again in the late innings today. That’s another bonehead move.

I do think the pulling starters too early stuff is overblown, Castillo wasn’t completely dominating yesterday really and Bauer was over 100 pitches today. I don’t care too much about that. But replace them with the right guys.

The FO had all offseason and added Strop. That’s on them.

[BluegrassRedleg]

In a DH league the manager has less moves to make, bet Bell isn't happy about that

Yep. He even found a way to tinker with that today.

[Griffey012]

I am unable to come up with a compelling reason why Raisel Iglesias should be pitching in a non-save situation, in this shortened season.

Not one.

I mean, there's no more evidence needed. There's nothing left to "figure out." Either he can be effective in save situations or he is worthless.

And David Bell puts him in, tie game. Of course.

So yeah... I'd like to see what the Castellini grand-kids might bring to the table.

I’m a little more peeved over pulling a lights out Garrett after 10 pitches in a tie game. But I largely agree. I suppose I’ll give him this one pass since Raisel seemed to change his tune over the offseason about pitching in non save situations. However we have 57 games left and the results were identical to last year. He’s out the door the next time he does that when we have plenty of available bullpen arms.

[westofyou]

From what I’ve heard his players love him, look for quotes about the Garrett incident for examples. As for moves, everyone should get used to it. This is uncharted territory, each W is equal to 2.7 W’s in a regular season, expect to see more matchup moves, guys asked to go longer, pitch in situations they already said annoy them.

I’m glad he’s making moves, it’s a Chess game in 60 games, I expect a hyperactive approach to platoon advantage baseball and a lot of screaming from people who hate that approach to baseball

[westofyou]

Yep. He even found a way to tinker with that today.

So did Joe Madden, he pinch it for his DH and lost the slot

[Griffey012]

I’m sort of back on the train of feeling like the guy over manages and is way over sensitive to matchup stuff, like pulling Akiyama today. Plus the seemingly stubborn complete unwillingness to acknowledge that Iglesias sucks in non save situations, possibly borderline intentionally. It absolutely is on him for continuing to let that situation blow up in his face when it’s beyond clear he can’t pitch in those scenarios. Stop banging your head against the wall trying to get it to work and adapt.

Also yeah stop playing absolute scrubs like Davidson and Jankowski based on small sample size matchup stuff over Aquino, who actually has some upside and showed it yet again in the late innings today. That’s another bonehead move.

I do think the pulling starters too early stuff is overblown, Castillo wasn’t completely dominating yesterday really and Bauer was over 100 pitches today. I don’t care too much about that. But replace them with the right guys.

Agree with this. But I would add to it pulling Castellanos for defense in the 7th inning with a 4, soon to be 6 run lead. I get it but you also have to manage people who aren’t robots no matter how much you want them to be robots.

It is just incredibly frustrating seeing the exact 2019 reds reappear the last two games against the tigers. The squad is quite a bit different, so the managers seat warms up quickly.

[RedTeamGo!]

I am unable to come up with a compelling reason why Raisel Iglesias should be pitching in a non-save situation, in this shortened season.

Not one.

I mean, there's no more evidence needed. There's nothing left to "figure out." Either he can be effective in save situations or he is worthless.

And David Bell puts him in, tie game. Of course.

So yeah... I'd like to see what the Castellini grand-kids might bring to the table.

It’s not Bell’s fault Iglesias is still on the team. He’s been toast for a few years, should have been traded during the rebuild. And he’s the only reliever with closing experience. It’s also not Bell’s fault the bullpen is absolute trash.

This is on the relievers themselves, and Dick Williams for assembling this horrible bullpen.

I don’t really like Bell, I was upset when he was hired, but I have a hard time blaming these two losses on him.

[DocRed]

I’m a little more peeved over pulling a lights out Garrett after 10 pitches in a tie game. But I largely agree. I suppose I’ll give him this one pass since Raisel seemed to change his tune over the offseason about pitching in non save situations. However we have 57 games left and the results were identical to last year. He’s out the door the next time he does that when we have plenty of available bullpen arms.

Garrett addressed that today.

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[Griffey012]

Garrett addressed that today.

https://i.redd.it/esjespzrfad51.jpg

Thanks, I didn’t see that. Seems odd that he can’t go more than an inning anymore but I’m certainly not going to question him since the pitcher knows themself the best.

[malcontent]

Physiognomy never lies.