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First off, Voggy is pitching over his head and even if you don’t know this, the Giants brass knows it. Voggy is a #5, a guy who is going to give you decent starts with an implosion and a shutout thrown in for good measure. We all love Voggy now and that’s why this is so hard to swallow, but Zito will get his spot back when he’s healthy and Voggy will go to the bullpen as THE long relief pitcher.

And actually, that’s the right call. Forget the idea of Zito going to the bullpen. Zito couldn’t pitch out of the bullpen successfully if you offered him a 126 million dollar extension and you forced the opposing batters to use bamboo baseball bats. He’s just not suited for it…..

Voggy can do the long relief thing, he’s done it before. And whatever Raggs and Gardner are feeding this guy, he’s eating it. I’m confident that he’d handle the role well.

And this is the main reason why Voggy takes that job when Zito comes back: it’s a role we need to have filled. Mota is the long guy right now but frankly, Mota should be pitching the 8th inning. He’s been our best, most consistent reliever this year and some combo of he and Romo should be taking the 8th inning job. If that starts happening we really won’t have  a long guy (Has Runzler been sent to Fresno yet?). That guy is Voggy……..

Besides, with Zito imploding in the 3rd inning of every game we are going to need a long guy more than ever. Voggy…….

Everyone is saying there will be a phantom injury to fix the Zito problem but it really doesn’t apply here unless the injury is to one of the other 4 starting pitchers.

So let’s enjoy Voggy pitching over his head while he continues to do so. Like the rest of you, I appreciated that start last night in the freezing cold without long sleeves. Think Zito could have done that? Ba ha……

Voggy is a man of the people. He’s a blue collar guy, a cap tipper. And pretty soon, he’s gonna be our #1 long relief guy…….

If you’re still having trouble accepting this just think of it this way. Once Zito takes back Voggy’s spot and starts turning in multiple crap performances, it’ll just allow you to hate Zito just a little bit more than you do right now. Who doesn’t enjoy themselves a good “Hate Barry” session?