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mmhmmbc,
For starters, I think TLR needs to temporarily move Izzy from the closers role to a situational relief role or maybe a setup role and start using Anthony Reyes as the closer until Izzy regains his confidence. Second, as for Ankiel, the best thing to do here is to keep putting him in the starting lineup everyday and let him work his way out of his "slump". That's the only way he will overcome this dry spell. We have to keep our confidence in him or else he may very well go into a bona fide slump - and heaven forbid that.
I do understand why TLR keeps going to Izzy. He doesn't want to tarnish what minor confidence Izzy has in himself. But the more blown saves and losses he keeps allowing Izzy to rack up the longer it will take for Izzy to regain all of his confidence and right now we can ill afford that. There, to me, would be a better chance of Izzy regaining his confidence if TLR would, for the time being, use Izzy as a situational reliever and allow Reyes the chance to get some saves. TLR needs to step up and do what's right for the team, then then the player. We can ill afford to fall too far behind the Cubs and the Brewers are only a half game behind us in 3rd place. And you can't ignore the Astros either. They are only 2 games behind us in 4th place (1 game behind the Brew Crew). I am just merely stressing how important it is to get these two guys going in the right direction now - not later.
Just my thoughts. GO CARDS!!!! 68
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