I assure you I do understand sunk costs, so unfortunately we do not have that in common. Also, I am not looking for a front office job at the moment, but thank you for thinking of me.
Further, I do not consider this wasting time. A simple cost-benefit analysis led me to believe that this is a worthwhile expenditure of my time.

Once again you put too much emphasis one small piece of information (Oswalt only having the stamina for two relief innings). Have you ever wondered why relievers can throw harder than starters? Maybe because energy is used differently. Regardless, it was one game. And it was in relief. This tells us nothing about Oswalt’s ability as a starting pitcher. His stats (like his fantastic K% and BB%) help us get a nice understanding of what he has to offer.

You are not in the front office, though. You are wasting time arguing with a Rangers fan on a blog.

“Feldman has never whined? How about when he got moved to the bullpen? And quitting on the manager was Oswalt knowing his limits. He said he had nothing more to offer. Doesn’t that sound like helping? Weird anecdotes you leaned upon to counter the stats …”

I didn’t say Feldman hasn’t whined. I simply said Oswalt has. And if you’re wanting an example of a weird anecdote, how about the one where you say a pitcher who has an admitted limit of 2 innings should be in the rotation? That’s pretty weird, if you ask me.

“Re: Michael Young – you do not understand the concept of sunk costs.”

You’re right. That’s why no one has hired me in the front office of a baseball team at any level and in any capacity. Probably the same reason you and I have that in common.

Feldman has never whined? How about when he got moved to the bullpen? And quitting on the manager was Oswalt knowing his limits. He said he had nothing more to offer. Doesn’t that sound like helping? Weird anecdotes you leaned upon to counter the stats …

Re: Michael Young – you do not understand the concept of sunk costs.

So he gets sent to the bullpen to recapture that “true talent” and figure out how to be the pitcher that one specific stat ratio suggests that he could be at some point…. and whines to the press, quits on the manager, and has to take a few days off now and then because he gets overworked too easily.

Feldman, on the other hand, has had 5 starts since Oswalt arrived where he went at least 6 IP, and 4 of them were “quality” starts. So yeah, right now, give me Feldman over Oswalt.

As for playing Young every day, well, he’s making $16 million a year, he’s a large presence in the clubhouse, and he’s a fan favorite. If you bench him, you’re wasting money and you run the risk of him being disgruntled and disrupting the locker room. I’m not trying to say he’s a great or even a good option – every time he hits into a DP I want to reach through the TV and punch him in the balls – but he’s what they got, and sometimes you just make do with it.

Plus, if there was no MY, what would self-professed baseball intellectuals have to complain about?

Houston and Roy Oswalt makes absolutely zero sense. Why would Houston give up anything for one month of a player?

I don’t think the fans would have a problem. Good gosh, look at the crap they are being fed every night now.

Why turn to “an arm and a pulse” when the other option is a quality pitcher. And why would you not want to make a baseball decision based up true talent level? If you are making the claim that Feldman is the better pitcher and you expect him to perform like the better pitcher moving forward, I would like to know why.

Continue trusting all baseball decisions of the Rangers organization, like the insistence on playing Michael Young every day.

No one in Texas is under any sort of illusion that Feldman is anything special. He’s basically an arm and a pulse that gets thrown out there every fifth day. But to be fair, he has exceeded expectations when you look at his overall performance. I trust that Daniels/Ryan/Maddux know what they’re doing.

The reasons against putting him in the rotation? Unreasonable belief that Scott Feldman turned into a quality starter