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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Gibbons entire management of the bullpen has been a total joke. He had an opportunity to pick up another lefty after the Rangers series and chose to leave it at status quo. Now Loup is gone again and the Jays are again without a lefty in the bullpen. The guy is a dinosaur.
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I've said this a few times since Cecil went down, but people aren't reading it apparently.
The guy they brought in to replace Cecil (Tepera) was actually the next best option as a "lefty specialist". He's a rare righty that has reverse splits and actually fares far better against lefties than any other option the Jays would have had. Buerhle does not pitch lefties well, at all. An argument CAN be made for Buerhle to have been picked as a long relief option, but not as a Cecil replacement for left-handed batters, he would have been the absolute wrong choice.