georgmi
04-14-2012, 11:16 AM
Holy crap, how bad does the guy have to be behind the plate (and at it!) before he assumes his natural position of keeping the dugout bench from floating away?
Even if there's some reason you can't just bench him completely, you can at least justify sitting him down against tough right-handed pitching (and in Olivo's case, *every* right-handed pitcher is a tough one). John Jaso is sitting right freaking there).
I know Wedge keeps saying Olivo works hard, and that's fine and all, but damnit, he has to work hard just to maintain his current level of awfulness.
I can't wait for 2013, and a chance to see what Jaso, Moore, and Montero (or whichever two of them are still with us and healthy) can do back there.
I miss Dan Wilson. He couldn't hit either (his career line of .262/.309/.382 is surprisingly comparable to Olivo's of .242/.278/.419), but at least he never threw the game away on defense.
Wonder how Wilson feels about managing and player performance evaluation metrics other than "he may be bad at baseball, but at least he's tough and works hard"?
Even if there's some reason you can't just bench him completely, you can at least justify sitting him down against tough right-handed pitching (and in Olivo's case, *every* right-handed pitcher is a tough one). John Jaso is sitting right freaking there).
I know Wedge keeps saying Olivo works hard, and that's fine and all, but damnit, he has to work hard just to maintain his current level of awfulness.
I can't wait for 2013, and a chance to see what Jaso, Moore, and Montero (or whichever two of them are still with us and healthy) can do back there.
I miss Dan Wilson. He couldn't hit either (his career line of .262/.309/.382 is surprisingly comparable to Olivo's of .242/.278/.419), but at least he never threw the game away on defense.
Wonder how Wilson feels about managing and player performance evaluation metrics other than "he may be bad at baseball, but at least he's tough and works hard"?