Obviously, the guys aren't playing well and Leyland can't be totally blamed for that. But until today, Leyland didn't rip these guys at all. Imagine working at a job where you underperformed consistently and your boss did not bother to say anything about it and still paid you millions of dollars a year? I'd want to earn my money. Baseball is a little different. Even the good hitters fail 2 out of every 3 times they come up to the plate. But these guys are not setting themselves up to succeed. I think some of that falls on the manager and the coaching staff. And Leyland will be the first to tell you that he deserves some of that blame.

And DT, I don't follow the sport closer than you do. If I did, I'd be doing better in Fantasy.

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