So I'm watching Baseball Tonight last evening when they bring on talking heads Bobby Valentine and Aaron Boone to try and drain whatever baseball knowledge the viewers have left have and I gotta say I'm even more confused than usual. Over the course of 10 minutes all the talking heads agreed that moving Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen was not only the right move for the time, but a potentially beneficial move in the long run as well.
Let's digest. A $91 million pitcher; your ace, an all-star, and perennial 17 game winner has been shaky to start the season so the manager decides to send him to the bullpen and people view this as a good thing? Once again, moving your ace to the bullpen to make room for a pitcher coming off the DL is a good thing? How? In what context could that be construed as a good thing? Please, someone explain to me.
It isn't. The guy is a stud and his track record demonstrates that a couple shaky performances in freaking April is not grounds for making a drastic move such as this. Get him back up on the mound, spend some dough on a real relief pitcher and let the rest of the 16,000 games this season play out. Get your head out of your ass management.
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