It continues to amaze me at the way Charlie Manual manages his potchers. The guy doesn't have a clue and his mistakes cost the Phillies many games every year and usually burn out the relief core. My biggest frustration is his inability to stick with starters that are pitching well while leaving in pitchers that don't have it. The Detroit series is a perfect example. Lieber didn't have it but Charlie left him in long enough to give up a 3-run homer to Pudge Rodriguez pushing the game seemingly out of reach. The next two nights he yanked Moyer and Eaton on pitch counts even though they were pitching strong. Moyer was pitching a 4-hitter and Eaton was pitching a 6 hitter and looked strong. The Moyer move worked out because the relievers pitched OK but Charlie used his closer with a 4 run lead yet again. The Eaton move back-fired and Charlie burned through nearly every relief pitcher. In three games, nearly every reliever pitched twice.
Another thing that frustrates me is his new insistence on using Geary only against right handers or Zagurski only against left handers. I don't have a problem if a team has a specialist pitcher, someone who throws sidearm or has an especially tough pitch against certain players. Did you know that right-handed hitters have a lower batting average than lefties against Zagurski? Or that Geary gives up 1 homer for every 12 at bats to a righty but has only allowed one homer to lefties in 45 at bats? My point is we have a week bullpen and if a relief pitcher or starter is pitching well, we need to stick with them. Let them pitch more than a batter or two, more than 1 inning or more than 100 pitches.
If Charlie didn't use several relief pitchers in nearly every game, they would be better rested and more likely to be able to perform when they do pitch. I'm sure that Geary's issues are the direct result of over use last year and during April and May. He hasn't been effective for a number of weeks, similar to what happened to Madson after Charlie burnt him out a few years ago. Further, Charlie doesn't need to carry 12 pitchers if he isn't over-managing and using 4-5 pitchers a game.
I'll leave you with this... How many games over the past few years have we seen Jack McKeon and Florida, Bobby Cox and Atlanta and now Jim Leyland and the Tigers stuck with their key starting pitchers to work out of a jam in a close game while as soon as our starter walks someone or gives up a bloop hit they are yanked for some reliever that blows the game. Lately, Charlie has done this after letting the pitcher hit in the previous half inning. Charlie gets out managed in virtually every close game with good managers like Leyland, McKeon, Girardi or Cox but the Phillies still win a few games inspite of his bonehead plays.
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