I keep seeing these types of comments from many posters, and I'm not sure I see any evidence of it. Who are all of the young/unproven players he hasn't played? He's played Escobar full time this year as well as Lucroy and Gomez/Cain among the position players... and Axford, Loe and Braddock in high leverage situations in the pen. I think all of them qualify as young and/or unproven. The only young/unproven player that he didn't play was Gamel... and there is evidence that Gamel either hasn't had the best attitude, hasn't been the hardest worker or maybe has a sense of entitlement. The irony is the guy he played in his place, McGehee, fit into the unproven description, but nobody ever mentions that. Maybe he didn't play Gamel for reasons other than he is young and unproven.