What in the Wide World of Sports are the Red Sox trying to do with/to Daniel Bard?

We know the starting thing didn't work out.

We know the bullpen thing wasn't working out the end of 2011

So he's down in Pawtucket, and this is what he's so far:

29 Innings pitched, 26 hits, 28 runs (24 earned), 29 BB, 30 K, 9 HBP, 9 WP

This month:

8/16: 1 inning, 1 hit, 2 walks, 1 HBP, 3 earned runs
8/14: 1/3 inning, no hits, 4 walks, 1 K, 2 earned runs
8/11: 1 inning, 3 hits, 1 walk, 2K, 3 earned runs
8/9: 1 inning, 1 hit, 2 walks, 1 K, 1 earned run
8/6: 1 inning, 1 walk, no earned runs
8/4: 1 1/3 innings, 1 hit, 2 walks, 2 K, 2 earned runs

How is this possibly helping Daniel Bard or the Boston Red Sox (or even the Pawtucket Red Sox) to keep throwing him out there to fail over and over again?

I don't know if the problem is mental, physical, or what. If it's physical, then obviously he needs to be shut down. If it's mental (Steve Blass disease?), then he needs to be either shut down, or dropped down to a level where he can rebuild confidence. Did he piss someone off in the front office and the response is just to destroy him? THIS is what his recent teammates should be bitching about, not about leaving Jon Lester in to take a single shellacking.

He's arbitration eligible next year, I doubt he'll see a salary increase no matter what happens here on out, but just 12 months ago we all thought he was our next Home Grown Closer for the forseable future, and now he's a sad, forgotten piece of what once was a pretty good team.

Source: http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/73895-what-in-the-wide-world-of-sports-are-the-red-sox-trying-to-do-withto-daniel-bard/

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