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Agreed - Lloyd has been unnecessarily harsh on E-Ram, who is a talented pitcher who would most likely respond better to more even-handed treatment. Similarly, Lloyd was unreasonably lenient on Almonte, who made numerous mental mistakes in the OF and on the bases, with impunity. GMZ solved Lloyd's Almonte crush once and for all by trading him, after The Pencil wrote him in to the line-up for 15-20 games too many. As you point out, GMZ will probably get E-Ram out of Lloyd's dog house with an off-season trade.
Lloyd has done many things right as the M's manager, most significantly his management of the bull pen and the resurrection of TW. Overall, Lloyd is a big improvement over the Wedgie-one. He would be even better if he didn't irrationally throw a talented pitcher like E-Ram into the doghouse.