Quote:I wish I would have. My tout (Mookie Betts) has disappointed so far. I blame knucklehead coaching more than Betts' talent level itself. Why bring up an elite prospect to bench him half the games? Let the kid continue to get full time at bats in AA/AAA rather than stunt progression in the bigs.

 

I actually agree 100% with this. Farrell didn't give Betts much of a chance to have success. Burying a guy like that in the lineup is at 8 or 9 is stupid too. Betts should have been playing everyday and batting 1 or 2 with his speed. The idiot used the excuse of not wanting to put pressure on the kid, but the kid is used to batting at the top of the lineup, playing everyday and being a table setter. More pressure was put on the kid handling it the way Farrell did as Betts knew he'd have a harder time producing and sticking around. Its almost as if Farrell didn't want him to succeed, because had Betts done well, Victorino would have had to take a permanent seat and I don't think Farrell wanted that. Farrell also seems to have an issue with speed guys at the top of his lineup - he mismanaged the same way in Toronto when he had Rajai Davis and refused to put him at the top 1-2 spots of the order there as well. 

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