You know how managers are with their roles and all that bullshit. Greene and Justin Wilson pitch the eighth. No manager handles that situation differently. The players gotta do their jobs.
Getting the sense that no matter what happens the rest of the year that Ausmus is getting an extension. Not hearing anything regarding his job security this year.
Padres are about to get penalized for hiding injury information on James Shields, Drew Pomeranz and Colin Rea prior to trades. They were instructing their medical staff to compile separate injury logs, one internal, one for the league, which is against league rules. Pomeranz has seen his ERA jump from 2.47 to 4.60 since his trade, Shields went from 4.28 to 7.30 and Rea had to be sent back to the Padres after blowing his elbow during his first start with the Marlins and now needs Tommy John surgery. Rea told the Marlins staff he had been getting treatments on his elbow for weeks prior to the trade and none of it was reported. San Diego's GM has already been penalized before for unauthorized conduct with a free agent player and was penalized when he was an assistant in Texas for unethical international scouting practices. Doesn't look like he will be in charge much longer
That's just for the Pomeranz part of it. The rest of it is still under investigation and he could face more penalties. Hopefully he gets fired, that's some bullshit to withhold medical information from other teams for leverage.
I'd replace Avila before Ausmus at this point, most of his moves have been a disaster. But yeah, they're gonna give them at least another year. If next year doesn't work out then they've gotta blow it up.
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