Totally agree with you. Pressure effects players, some step up, some get crushed, some don't notice it. It's hard to quantify but it exists. It happens to us in our lives so why shouldnt it with baseball?
If we had disabled Rasmus in the first place then we could have called up Gose. Wouldn't have to wait 10 days. I'm hoping they thought Rasmus might improve but didn't otherwise we have the dumbest management.
We are going to need to retool soon, I hoped he could come up in the last half. We are going to lose Rasmus and Melky after this season and probably a few pitchers like Morrow et al. This roster will turn over probably 50% by next season.
Ok agreed s*** in the rotation. Fine if we want him to learn up here but he's not ready right now for a big load. The pitching plane does not look good on him. Same as at spring training. Who were his five AAA games against? Any teams with bats or were they schlubs?