Certainly, fandom has its daggers out. There are three things which are certain in life: death, taxes and complaints on Twitter, whenever Torey Lovullo includes Chris Herrmann in the starting line-up. The following selection appeared, just during his last start, on Sunday afternoon:
Can anyone explain to me why Chris Herrmann is on a Major League roster, let alone given significant playing time?
— Andrew (@andrew_klee) August 6, 2017
It must not be THAT hard to make it to the MLB if Chris Herrmann can do it.
— Ty (@TE__93) August 6, 2017
Yet there is another side.