I watched Dakota today. He is guessing every pitch. He swings at a change up or breaking ball before it leaves the pitchers hand and his swing plane is exactly where the ball would have been had it been a fastball. Hines is hitting the ball hard when he touches it, but off speed low and away is tearing him a new one.

I do agree to some extent that they have to perform, but it is Gotro's job to put them in the best possible position to be successful. All I have ever seen him do is sit over there and fill out notes. Get off the notebook and talk to the damn hitters. My god, be a coach. Make adjustments, tell them what they are doing wrong, hell anything at this point.

You can bet your ass we are gonna see shifty lefties out of the rest of these non-con games. He better figure it out or we will drop more of them.