Grace in no way sucks yet. The jury is out. He let another guy's runners score. Barrett bailed Thornton out hard last game, but you can't always expect that. Treinen absolutely needs to own those two runs. Has he walked his first batter in every appearance, or does it just feel that way?
Grace doesn't have the stuff to get major league hitters out in the long term, and he didn't get them out tonight. He may be useful as a LOOGY for a year or so until the division figures him out, but I just can't see him as much of a solution and I doubt the organization does either. What is he, the fifth left-handed reliever who has been thrust into a bullpen role since the roster started coming together in ST - Blevins, Cedeno, Thornton, Solis, him? Many LOOGYs are essentially AAAA pitchers, but being behind Cedeno in the pecking order says a bit. At least Grace throws the ball over the plate and mostly keeps it on the ground, though.
