I don't know. I think Fredi had a decent built in excuse this year with the injuries to Medlen, Beachy and Floyd but truth be told the pitching hasn't been a real issue this season. 5th in the league in ERA isn't too shabby. So he really can't use that excuse. And I think we can thank Roger for most of the pitching success.
Do we consider firing Fredi and giving Roger the job? Would be kind of a bummer to lose McDowell.
Probably won't happen though. The Braves are pretty conservative when it comes to firing/hiring. But there's just no excuse for us to have such bad numbers in the one and two holes. I think that's cost us a couple of wins. Can't get guys on base for Freeman and Upton. A lot of that's on Wren for not getting enough decent hitters for Fredi to work with, but then a lot of that is also on Fredi for being so stubborn with BJ in the lead off spot and taking forever to put LaStella in the 2nd spot.