For seemingly the 10th time this season (actually, I really did lose track), John Van Benschoten had yet another horrific start which ultimately led to yet another demotion to the minor leagues.
There are those that say the Pirates should just give up on Van Benschoten. Well, they are, but only as a starter.
Pirates general manager Neal Huntington is giving good ol' JVB one more chance as a relief pitcher. The feeling is maybe he can get some guys out in shorter stints rather than trying to stretch him out over five, six-plus innings.
“There are numerous relievers in the major leagues who didn’t make it as starters,” Huntington said.
Here's hoping that is true for JVB, a good guy who was put into a pretty tough spot by the previous two idiot regimes, mainly by Cam Bonifay who decided to take the premier power hitter in Division-I baseball his senior year and make him a pitcher.
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