Wait a minute. When I said yesterday that all of Fletcher, DeLoach, Colas, Julks and Cal Mitchell are replacement level, you barreled in and declared that they're not even that. If Fletcher is below replacement level, and has shown in a full season's worth of PAs that he's "hot garbage" and a "bum", why are you advocating for starting him another year?
The reason you would sign a veteran platoon to start over 5 sub-replacement level AAAA OFs (your assessment) is that you don't have the OF depth at the upper levels to cover positions for a period long enough that would expose most AAAA OFs. Or maybe to not set the loss record for 2 years in a row.
Again, if the loss record doesn't matter, then stop mentioning it as reasons why Chris Getz sucks. Because you admit it doesn't matter.
And seriously, it was so Rick Hahn to hang onto a player, and give him unlimited playing time in the hope that he would eventually run into a couple hits. Weird that you haven't internalized the sunk cost lessons of JB Shuck, or Adam Engel, Charlie Tilson, Ryan Cordell or Leury.
Dominic Fletcher should now have to play his way back into major league playing time.