Your Barnes example is the poster boy for stats clouding the real picture of reality. Statistically you rate him as a second or third best reliever, but my eyes and counsell’s eyes certainly don’t agree. There’s a good reason CC has him 7th of 8 in The bullpen pecking order. Barnes pitches well when in the lowest leverage situations like Sunday, CC didn’t have much choice in last nights game. History suggests keeping Barnes far far away from high leverage situations. With Jackson’s success in Japan, to go along with his success right now in AAA, bring him up. Potential upside far greater than Barnes in my opinion. Don’t think CC be disappointed either. Barnes pitched the 8th yesterday. He’s striking out more than a batter per inning and has a WHIP under 1. You can want to dislike him. You can dislike him. But certainly don’t try to begin to push another false narrative that Counsell sees what you see.