by Michael Duca

SAN FRANCISCO–The reason why the Giants manager Bruce Bochy has gone to committee in his bullpen is because he demoted his closer Sergio Romo and it’s a move to insure that you don’t have any hurt feelings for the rest of your staff because somebody didn’t get an opportunity.

As long as your experiencing failure you might as well let everybody try out for the job. Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt got his shot on Sunday and Santiago Casilla will get the next shot in this week’s series against St.Louis. It wouldn’t even surprise me at some point if Jean Machi would get a shot.

However, when this is all said and done and September rolls around the closer is going to be Sergio Romo. Until then the team is going to do what they have to do and Romo is going to be moved to an eighth inning reliever. Bochy is trying to get him a little confidence built up.

Bochy would like to get Romo into situations where he can face three hitters and it could be done. Closer by committee in general does not work and when your saying your doing it what your really doing is putting a happy face on “were hosting an open try out.”

Oakland A’s update:Before A’s reliever Sean Doolittle gave up a walk off grand slam to former Athletic Rajai Davis of the Detroit Tigers on Monday night for a 5-4 win Doolittle had a 56-1 strikeout to walk ratio which is unheard of. Doolittle is the first pitcher since 1900 to strikeout 45 guys before walking his second batter.

Doolittle still has not walked that second batter, I’m reminded of one of the glory years that former Athletic reliever Dennis Eckersly had and he actually allowed more home runs than bases on balls, he only allowed four home runs that year and he walked three guys the whole season.

Sometimes you get in that groove the best thing that I can say there is nothing from watching Doolittle pitch that makes you expect this to happen he doesn’t throw 100 MPH. He doesn’t have a slider that disappears or has no dot. He doesn’t throw a curve ball that falls off the table.

Doolittle basically comes out and says “I’m going to throw the ball 94 MPH up under your hands and you can’t do anything about it” and he proceeds to do that pitch after pitch after pitch. Also here’s a kid like A’s pitcher Jesse Chavez whose coming in and doing the job.

The A’s bullpen is doing very good and has confidence and nobody talks about A’s pitching coach Curt Young and hitting coach Chili Davis and Davis does a terrific job with that team and he doesn’t get any media coverage. Young is one of the brainest and quietest pitching coaches in baseball and doesn’t get any credit. But look at the success of he A’s bullpen.

Michael Duca was joined by SRS writers Jeremy Kahn, Amaury Pi Gonzalez, and Morris Phillips for this week’s A’s and Giants commentary on http://www.sportsradioservice.com