Scenario #3: Melvin's poor bullpen acquisitions this off season are the reason why we lost those games not outfield personnel Are you serious? How can you fault Melvin for his bullpen acquisitions this off-season? What would your plan have been? I think he did a great job of getting quality proven bull pen arms with the hopes that a couple of them will have good to great seasons....which has been the case this year. The same with the Tavarez signing, to me that is a very good pick up. Would you rather have Tavarez out there of DeFeliece or Zach Jack Mota has been about as good as advertized....more good outings than bad outings Riske has been a bit of a disappointment when healthy, but I am confidnent he will bounce back Gagne has been a disappointment but in reality, he hasn't been getting hit hard this year, he has just had some bad luck. Torres has been out of his mind...probably due for a little bit out a letdown How are those 4 guys the reason we are losing? Like I said, they are not all going to have career years and a great outing everytime they pitch...all you can hope for is that one or two of them gives you a better than average year. There will be times where all of them pitch brilliantly and other times when they disappoint. If you want to place blame for this team struggles (if you call 33-30 a struggle) besides the obvious Mr. Yost, I would look squarely at our offense. That area we are consistenly being disappointed.