I don't keep a list and can't remember all of them off the top of my head but here's a few:
Being down by 1 in the ninth and Adams on first and he didn't pinch run Matt Reynolds for him. With Adams on first and the other team in a no-doubles defense he should have known that it would take 3 more singles/walks or a HR for Adams to score. Next batter hit a single to right and Adams went to second, Reynolds would have easily been on 3rd with no outs. Nats didn't score and lost game. He did pinch run Reynolds after Adams went to 2nd but it's a case of making a move too late.
Martinez announced his reliever before the pinch hitter was announced and the other team switched to a better left/right or right/left matchup.
Batting Turner 6th and the pitcher 8th is idiotic. Let Turner get on and steal 2nd which is what you expect him to do and then expect the pitcher to drive him in 2 batters later?
Harper's in a huge slump so what could be smarter than batting him first and starting the game off with an almost automatic out? The Nats need Harper but they can't afford to lose games while he's working things out.
Zimmerman making his own spring training schedule. How did that work out?
There are many more but like I said I haven't been writing them down. I could come up with many more if I wanted to waste my time on something that should be obvious to any Nats fan.
One more to think about:
In May Scherzer, Strasburg, Gio and Roark were the top 4 pitchers in the league in pitches thrown per start, all over 100 per start. In July Scherzer doesn't look sharp, Strasburg is on the DL and Gio and Roark stink. Coincidence?
I had written a reply last night but didn't post it. I didn't want to offend you. So I reworked it today.
Yes Dave got it wrong when he thought the Ump announced a hitter. That's the one I was referring to. Problem is that while an obvious mistake, it really had no impact on the game. But it was a mistake he committed.
Everything else on your list and other lists (it's not just you) are things you disagree with or more towards History Channel Aliens conspiracy theories.
Since we piled up some loses, everything is questioned. That's not unusual and will happen with every team in that situation. However, most answers as to why are found in his postgame interview. Why didn't Adams hit for Difo, Why did Madson stay in the game after giving up 4.
We don't ask those questions when we win only when we lose.
A great example of this is Dave's decision to hit Mark instead of MAT. Had Mark put up a lousy AB this board would have threw a fit. But because Mark walked it off we didn't have any issues. And then Mark crazy on offense.
We can't take decisions made, look at how the game went and determine if it was the right decision. That's just uneducated as fans.
Dave the very high majority of the time puts Pitchers and Hitters in good matchups.
Our Rotation 1-4 throwing 90-100 pitches a game isn't something new this year. Their workload isn't different from years past. 1-4 throwing 104 pitches in a game isn't of concern. Dave is asking after innings how they feel and discussing it with the pitchers. The coaches are looking at mechanics and body language.
Others in this thread have a list, and their list is how Dave has overworked the Bullpen. Understand that not everyone can be right about this.
Dave put Harper Leadoff at the beginning of May and it allowed Harper to go ape crap and started the Warm Hugs. It's been suggested that Dave sit Harper now. Harper has to stay in this lineup. But the reason he went into the mega slump has nothing to do with Dave or the staff.
Turner batting 6th has been explained. Like last year with Rendon it has been successful. Dave said it's to get Turner hitting and take pressure of Turner. It worked. Turner has been hitting better. He had good OBP this year but was down on Average.
Lets be honest about Zimerman. While the optics of how he did Spring Training looks bad, He had 1 good year out of 3 before this season started. His issues this year are the same as 2015-16. He is hurt and when he's on the field he is streaky. Nothing about that is Spring Training related. Sorry I am not buying that. He did Spring Training with the club 2015-16.
The Pitching issues began not with # of pitches or innings. Lack of offense is the spark. It causes early innings in games to be like late innings. Stressful! It started in early April but we finally seen it's result in June. When your Staff feel like giving up 3 over 9 is way too much, you are gonna have issues. It builds.
While I understand that we all are watching and engaged with the game, we all know even less than Matt Williams who knows less than Dave.
Dave isn't the reason we lose games. We have 9 innings and 27 outs to score runs. If you really believe that because we didn't pinch run a guy in the ninth in a low scoring game when we are down runs, or if you think Dave not pulling the SP at 4 and 2/3's and allowing a tie game in the 5th... that those are the reasons we lost then I don't know what to tell you.
But the people who get paid to analyze these things, the people paid to report... don't mention what this board brings up as to why Dave sucks. Theres a reason. Because the professionals don't agree with WNFF lists about Dave.
I just did the numbers.
Number of pitches so far 2018
1. Max = 2025/ 19 games/ 127.2 innings.
2. Gio = 1746/ 18 games/ 95.2 innings.
3. Tanner = 1867/ 19 games (18 starts)/ 109.2 innings.
Number of pitches 2017 at ASB.
1. Max = 1930/ 18 games/ 128.1 innings
2. Gio = 1906/ 18 games/ 113.1 innings
3. Tanner = 1821/ 18 games (17 starts)/ 100.2 innings
I got my numbers here
http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=2018&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'§ionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1531142291203 sorry if I messed up calculations.
