It makes absolutely 0 sense and its part of the reason our bullpen stinks. Both of these guys stink and the only time they should be in the majors should be on a team like the Marlins last year, not this year. I understand if you need a long reliever but you certainly don't need two of them and definitely don't need two of them if they both stink.

 

Hand should be designated already and end this experiment. The guy flat out can not throw strikes and isn't good as a starter or out of the bullpen. I don't care if he is out of options he needs to go because having him as a long guy is taking away a roster spot from an actual possibly effective short bullpen arm.

 

Makes no sense and if Desclafani gets sent down over one of these two then it is a travesty.

Anyone remember when Hand had a good spring and many thought he should be given a rotation spot?

Because a bird in the Hand is worth two in the Slowey?

Because a bird in the Hand is worth two in the Slowey?

Because a bird in the Hand is worth two in the Slowey?

 

I was gonna come in with

 

"because sometimes the Marlins like a lefty Hand & Slowey"

 

but I guess I lose.

Anyone remember when Hand had a good spring and many thought he should be given a rotation spot?

Let it be known I was one of the few who preferred Koehler!

People wanted Hand in the rotation because he's out of options and this is his last chance to prove his worth. It was never really about people adamantly saying that he would pitch better than Koehler.

People wanted Hand in the rotation because he's out of options and this is his last chance to prove his worth. It was never really about people adamantly saying that he would pitch better than Koehler.

That's almost entirely incorrect. Everyone wanted Hand because "his upside is so much greater than Koehler". Maybe you said that, just about everybody else thought Hand was sincerely the better pitcher.

People wanted Hand in the rotation because he's out of options and this is his last chance to prove his worth. It was never really about people adamantly saying that he would pitch better than Koehler.

That's almost entirely incorrect. Everyone wanted Hand because "his upside is so much greater than Koehler". Maybe you said that, just about everybody else thought Hand was sincerely the better pitcher.

That's almost entirely incorrect. Everyone wanted Hand because "his upside is so much greater than Koehler". Maybe you said that, just about everybody else thought Hand was sincerely the better pitcher.

 

Hand's greater upside is tied to the desire to start him over Koehler, but doesn't necessarily mean that people were expecting Hand to perform better in 2014. In other words, Hand's attributes and options situation made him a no-brainer to earn a rotation spot over Koehler, who projects to have less of a future with the team.