Brett Strom, Mike Fetters, and Dan Carlson gone
Dbacks fire pitching staff
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The blame always has to be laid at someone's feet.
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Well, offense certainly wasn’t a problem. Makes sense to me.
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Can Torrey fire himself? It's his questionable decisions with the rotation and bullpen that sunk the team.
D-backs pitching coach Brent Strom won't return
Brent Strom, Dan Carlson and Mike Fetters will not return to their roles as coaches for the Arizona Diamondbacks' pitching staff.
arizonasports.com
I was certain Fetters was gone.
Tough on Strom because he is the reason that our young pitchers improved so much, his knowledge. He was the one who corrected Pfaadt last year with his mechanics and where he starts on the mound.
But the veteran pitches all had down years. It was really odd.
Tough on Strom because he is the reason that our young pitchers improved so much, his knowledge. He was the one who corrected Pfaadt last year with his mechanics and where he starts on the mound.
But the veteran pitches all had down years. It was really odd.
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He should simply resign for the good of the team. He is everyone's buddy, but that doesn't win championships. Mishandling and mismanaging the pitchers will certainly result in missed postseason opportunities - even if the offense is top of the league/majors. If the entire pitching staff was fired, Lovullo should go as well.
I am not even sure then. It will only happen if Hazen is going out as well and I doubt that happens in the next 5 years after the world series appearance AND him turning down mega money from the Red Sox.
82 is right, it is not even worth complaining about.
Your complaint is really with Hazen. Hazen made it absolutely clear on 98.7 when doing their exit interviews.
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Torrey makes some decisions that drive me crazy, but he certainly had a good feel for the team down the stretch of last year and for most of this season... but I have no explanation for what happened the last 5 weeks.
At the end of August he was probably the front runner for manager of the year. With all the injuries we'd had all over the roster and Carroll having a disaster of a season, us being only a few games back of the Dodgers and well up in the wild card was shocking. Equally shocking was the team totally falling apart right when we got (mostly) healthy.
At the end of August he was probably the front runner for manager of the year. With all the injuries we'd had all over the roster and Carroll having a disaster of a season, us being only a few games back of the Dodgers and well up in the wild card was shocking. Equally shocking was the team totally falling apart right when we got (mostly) healthy.
82CardsGrad
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The continued attacks and rants about Torey are about as misguided and petty as any I’ve ever seen.
With 162 games and nearly 1,500 innings in a season, there is more than ample opportunity for a manager to make a move that will not sit well with some fans.
There has never been a manager that made it thru a complete season without incurring some degree of skepticism and second-guessing.
In the end, thru a ridiculous amount of challenge from injuries to every star on this team, historically awful first half’s from two critical bats in Carroll and Suarez, and two starting pitchers who never had the benefit of spring training (E-Rod and Monty), Torey increased the win-total from last year. Typically, 89 wins gets you into the post season…
The World Series champs from last year didn’t even win 80 games.
I’m on a plane right now and don’t have the ability to look this up, but I don’t believe there have been many teams that played in a World Series and then the following season increase its win-total.
All the while, Torey has earned and retained the love & respect from his team, something many other managers can’t claim.
And yet, some of you want that guy gone…
I’m done defending Torey as I’m simply pissing in the wind here.
Torey will be here for a while - as he should be, and I’m psyched to see what he will do with a team that will hopefully be much healthier and put-together at the start of next season!
With 162 games and nearly 1,500 innings in a season, there is more than ample opportunity for a manager to make a move that will not sit well with some fans.
There has never been a manager that made it thru a complete season without incurring some degree of skepticism and second-guessing.
In the end, thru a ridiculous amount of challenge from injuries to every star on this team, historically awful first half’s from two critical bats in Carroll and Suarez, and two starting pitchers who never had the benefit of spring training (E-Rod and Monty), Torey increased the win-total from last year. Typically, 89 wins gets you into the post season…
The World Series champs from last year didn’t even win 80 games.
I’m on a plane right now and don’t have the ability to look this up, but I don’t believe there have been many teams that played in a World Series and then the following season increase its win-total.
All the while, Torey has earned and retained the love & respect from his team, something many other managers can’t claim.
And yet, some of you want that guy gone…
I’m done defending Torey as I’m simply pissing in the wind here.
Torey will be here for a while - as he should be, and I’m psyched to see what he will do with a team that will hopefully be much healthier and put-together at the start of next season!
