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Time for Addison Reed to lose the closer's spot

I'm sure Addison Reed is a nice guy, doing his best. But after that dumpster fire, I've had enough.

Sharpening the pitch-forks

"It just happened. Let's give it a day or so, huh? Every time somebody doesn't perform, they're either going to get taken out of the rotation or they're going to get sent down. C'mon, man: it's a 162-game season - guys struggle."
-- Chip Hale

No, Chip. Yesterday's backlash may seem like a knee-jerk reaction, but this has resulted from seven months of failure. Addison Reed in the ninth is a running joke in Gameday Threads when we have a lead in late innings - along the lines of, "Please score more runs, I don't want to see Addison Reed in the ninth, hurhur.