http://venomstrikes.com/2012/05/23/dbacks-bullpen-collapses-frustration-mounts/ An Arizona Diamondbacks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://venomstrikes.com/2012/05/23/dbacks-bullpen-collapses-frustration-mounts/comment-page-1/#comment-51381 JeremyDougherty Wed, 23 May 2012 14:20:34 +0000 http://venomstrikes.com/?p=3821#comment-51381 Putz should be demoted to the 7th inning.  He has done absolutely nothing this season to prove he should be closing.  Nothing.  7.20 ERA or something?  12 ER in 16 IP???  Seriously?  While Hernandez is mowing people down with hitless innings every game??  And if Lyle Overbay doesn't start playing every day I'm seriously going to start losing faith in Gibson, a steadfast faith I've held through his every decision to this point.  Overbay gets on base.  Period.  He was hitting over .300 before his 4-4 game while Goldschmidt is floundering.  There seems to be this focus on young players with a long term future with the team and those players getting the playing time but Overbay is a proven entity, gets on base, has power, walks, plays great defense.     Play him.  And don't give me this lefty vs. lefty BS either.  Play him everyday.   Putz should be demoted to the 7th inning.  He has done absolutely nothing this season to prove he should be closing.  Nothing.  7.20 ERA or something?  12 ER in 16 IP???  Seriously?  While Hernandez is mowing people down with hitless innings every game??  And if Lyle Overbay doesn’t start playing every day I’m seriously going to start losing faith in Gibson, a steadfast faith I’ve held through his every decision to this point.  Overbay gets on base.  Period.  He was hitting over .300 before his 4-4 game while Goldschmidt is floundering.  There seems to be this focus on young players with a long term future with the team and those players getting the playing time but Overbay is a proven entity, gets on base, has power, walks, plays great defense.  
 
Play him.  And don’t give me this lefty vs. lefty BS either.  Play him everyday.  

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