If Murphy were to adopt your philosophy, he'd be pulling players out of games every game and the media, fans and even his own players would be wondering if he lost his marbles. I believe Frelick was playing poorly at the time and missing the cutoff man was just a last straw. BTW, what do you mean about benching a player? Pulling him out of the game or sitting him for an extended period of time? If it's the latter, who replaces Ortiz? Monosterio?