There appear to be several ongoing illogical choices being made by our new manager and they worry me. what is with the Nieves phenomenon? I have been pleasantly surprised that he looks as good as advertised behind the plate; but his bat and arm (edit: same?) are so much worse than my heartthrob Kottaras that it seems evident he shouldn't be on the roster and should never play. Yet here he is. I'm afraid the Narveson/Nieves theory may be correct and Nieves sticks around for the year. I'd be OK with trading Kottaras for SS depth; but I'd still go with Maldonado over Nieves in that case. He's at least as good a hitter and defender, has a better arm, and is younger and cheaper. So I do not understand Nieves phenomenon at all. Then again its one of 4 current phenomenons and one potential phenomenon that I don't understand: 1) Kotsay on roster (slightly understandable) and playing over Plush while Hart is out (not understandable)2) Nieves on roster and playing--possibly on roster for the long haul3) Gomez hitting second4) Not finding a Betancourt replacement (admittedly, more of a Melvin thing. shockingly, I understand this one most)5) (potential) Gomez ever playing over Plush against righties when Hart gets back None of these make any logical sense to me. They are tolerable as long as we are winning; but it worries me that the person in charge of decisions sees logic in them. Do you?