That idea is certainly not without merit. But Buch has hardly pitched in July so I can understand the short leash. You could make arguments either way on it IMHO.
I understand what you're saying, but there's something innately confusing when you have 2 rating systems that can produce such widely diverging values.
You can make the same argument about a blockbuster trade for a guy like Sale. That could blow up in your face the same way. The only difference is that your losses are in talent, not dollars.
Not to mention, the pitch before the triple could easily have been Strike 3 and the end of the inning. It was a borderline pitch, so I'm not going to rip the ump for it, but some umps would definitely have called it a strike.
Mind-boggling facts:
Our #1 starter, statistically, is Wright. Our maximum financial commitment to him is $514,500.
Our #3 starter, statistically, is Price. Our maximum financial commitment to him is $217,000,000.
No excuses for Price - just seems to be s***** luck on our part - he's having the worst season of his career - our 2016 chances may be screwed as a result.
So we probably got as much as we could out of him. Now he has some time off and we have someone in his place who isn't an injury waiting to happen. Hopefully we get Koji back for a little more use later.