Normally, I like to try and keep editorializing to a minimum in recaps. Weird stuff happens in games all the time, and you can draw just about any conclusion you’d like from a given game if you’re looking for it. But there are sometimes big enough and important enough patterns that develop and can by crystalized in an individual game or in a set of games that you can’t ignore.
In tonight’s 9-7 loss to the Houston Astros, I simply cannot fathom why pitching coach Cal Eldred has a job. Despite being staffed by a bevy of former top 100 prospects and high round draft picks, this team’s pitching performance has been an abomination.