Story Created:
May 2, 2008
Story Updated:
May 2, 2008
To the 25 people who called the show and the countless Brewers fans who think all Doug Melvin has to do is send Derrick Turnbow down to the Minors, it is not that easy. He has no minor league options left that is why Dave Bush went down. Here is more information on the tough decision Doug Melvin has to make about Turnbow.
My thought is after reading Adam McCalvy's article is just cut your losses and move on. Turnbow has been too much of a roller coaster pitcher and the cart has been riding on the low part of the tracks for quite some time.
I just find it interesting that last week Yost was talking about how this team needed Turnbow and that he's an all star pitcher. All of a sudden Turnbow can not be trusted when Ben Sheets and Mike Cameron came back and the team decided to send Bush down. Do you think Yost was trying to pump up Turnbow's stock with the kind words and pitching him in three crunch time situations last week? The pendulum could not have swung faster on D-Bow.
I do buy some of the thinking for Bush in the minors. They want him as a starter and with Ben Sheets's injury history, it is not bad to have a back up plan. Bush was not that sharp to begin with so what makes you think he could come in the 7th and just throw strikes? The minors will do Bush some good. I also think the major reason he is in Nashville is because Melvin could not get the player to be named later for Turnbow.