Peavey and BrewCrew are spot on. To date, Soup really hasn't bothered me. He's been pitching in a mop up role and has sopped up some useless innings saving an overworked bullpen. Unfortunately there have been too many games for the Brewers where they've needed that this year. At some point you run out of arms and need to throw him into a higher leverage situation like yesterday. I think everyone knew what was coming. Now that he has failed and several players are about to come back, the pressure to take that spot will likely mean the end of the road. The booing was sad, but understandable. It's one thing to fail, it's another to get paid a boatload to do it. Fans get emotional about these things. I don't really blame Soup. He hasn't been dogging it, he's just hit the end of the road before his contract did. I'm not as convinced that salary was the only reason he's been kept around, but I'm sure it bought him some rope. I think they really thought he might turn it around, and I will give them credit for the quick hook on his starting spot. It's not like the options are that great for replacing him. Estrada hasn't exactly looked like a world beater either after the Reds game and I'm skeptical on Loe. With Vargas gone and Soup close, anyone expecting those last spots to be big upgrades may be disappointed. We still have Hoffman to turn around too...very curious that he didn't come in earlier yesterday as well.