He can take it.
Two days ago, manager Kevin Cash pulled Steven Souza Jr. out of the game after Souza hit a fly ball to right-center and then failed to run hard out of the box. I think some fans found that an odd choice, being that Souza isn’t a guy who generally lacks hustle, and the mistake was really just that—a mistake.
Today, Marc Topkin wrote about the aftermath to Souza’s public (Souza admitted it, Cash did not call him out publicly) benching, with quotes from the clubhouse, and it seems to me that maybe Cash does know his team, and that maybe Souza is just the guy to use to send a message.