Last night Turnblow blows his 4th straight save and his 8th of the year. In baseball, closers are made when they are deemed to have 'it'. What 'it' is is hard to quantify and is more of a feeling about the man. Whatever 'it' is, Turblow has completely lost 'it'. This last month of meltdown is akin to what Kolb did last year with Atlanta and nobody wants him to close for the Brewers, so why the hell is it tolerated with Turnblow? Because we have no other option? Well Melvin, Yost and Maddux need to find that option.
Simply put, the Brewers are not going to make the playoffs this year with Turnblow closing. He has single-handedly cost the Crew more than just several past wins. With him completely sucking, the team has lost it's confidence that a 1 or even 2 run lead is going to be safe. The doubt factor creeps in and the team's attitudes and playing change. If the team doesn't believe the closer can stop the other team, the closer doesn't either, and thus the "bad breaks" just seem to happen. Well, I'm tired of giving Turnblow a pass on the rough "bad breaks" he just seems to get. An ERA of 5.54 and a WHIP of 1.51 are NOT a result of "bad breaks", it's a result of bad pitching.
Yes, I don't have a suggestion right now as to what to do, but neither does Melvin, Yost or Maddux and they are the ones who are supposed to have one.
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