Bullpen has given up a ton o' runs in the last 3 games no doubt, but good lord with todays bullpens being 8 sometimes 9 deep and you have a manager who stubbornly almost sadistically uses only 4 of them is just asinine.
Bell's decision to take DeSclafani out Sunday with a shutout and 67 pitches was borderline insane and could've maybe should've bit him in the butt, last night I was fine with yanking Mahle after the Cain homerun but dragging out Hernandez day after day after day goes back to the sadistic comment.
I like Hernandez but have mercy any body with eyes could see he had nothing from the first pitch last night and no one was warming up behind him.....again sadistic.
You've got guys down there who can contribute like Bowman and Hughes who never pitch..... Lorenzen, Iglesias, Garrett, Hernandez...that's it.
Reds have had a long list of managers who were in way over their heads from the first day when given the job because basically they worked cheap, Bell is certainly at or near the top of that list.
Told a buddy of mine a while ago that Bell makes Dave Miley look like Tony LaRussa.
