It's time for another Good Idea, Bad Idea:
Good Idea: Getting Oswaldo Arcia out of the lineup vs. Chris Sale.
Bad Idea: Replacing him in LF with Eduardo Escobar with a flyball pitcher like Phil Hughes starting.
Good Idea: Keeping Phil Hughes on his regular schedule so he can get as many starts as possible.
Bad Idea: Even considering starting Mike Pelfrey ahead of Trevor May, Alex Meyer, Jose Berrios or Taylor Rogers.
Good Idea: Switching to a RH reliever when Avisail Garcia, Alexei Ramirez and Gordan Beckham are due up in the eighth inning of a one-run game.
Bad Idea: Using Blaine Boyer when J.R. Graham is available to pitch.
Good Idea: Not using Tim Stauffer in a critical situation.
Bad Idea: Signing Stauffer to a guaranteed deal in the first place and then using that deal as an excuse to guarantee him a spot in the bullpen despite a horrible spring training, which then forced manager Paul Molitor to choose between a guy that was originally signed to a minor league deal and a Rule 5 draft pick in a critical situation after just one pitcher developed a stiff shoulder.
Good Idea: Throwing out stupid base runners to prevent runs.
Bad Idea: Losing a game when the other team looked like it was actually trying to lose it with their stupidity.
Good Idea: Assuming that the rest of the season can't possibly be as bad as the first week.
Bad Idea: Believing that the run of lost baseball seasons will be over soon without some major changes to the current roster, especially the bullpen.
Good idea: strikeout 10 guys for every one you walk.
Bad idea: Serve up a gopher ball every four innings.