Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
O’Conner does not give up on pitchers. He will not do it. I have seen Billingsley in enough high leverage situations this year to tell you that he is going to continue to pitch in those situations.

Our bigger problem right now is catching. James is not an elite catcher. He is Ross Highfill with a little better bat. But he is a UVA guy. And like it or not, O’Conner is favoring those UVA guys right now. Personally, I think it is because he watched them all struggle last year and then heat up as the year went on. I think it is also why we continue to see Nunnallee. But for this team to reach its potential, James cannot be the catcher moving forward. It needs to be Milewski or Raymond.
Milewski is healthy now. I think he starts so catching is going to be fixed soon. He caught game one and started over James opening weekend. James has hit a lot better than Ross. He's much more like Hunter Stovall to me.

If he keeps pitching Billingsley it's a double standard because he isn't performing and he doesn't throw strikes. After Parker said "if you don't throw strikes you're not going to pitch."

Regardless I don't mind using Billingsley but just don't use him in high leverage. Up 7-0 in the 8th inning? Sure let him eat an inning maybe two if he looks good. But not 3-3.